236 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Labor — planting, ....... 



" cultivating and hoeing, 1st time, . 



" « « « 2d " . 



" hoeing, 3d time, ..... 



Total cost, $50 00 



Ground planted with corn the previous year. Rent of land 

 and expense of harvesting considered covered by value of foddqr. 



Joseph Thomas. 



For the half acre of corn entered for premium by Joseph 

 Thomas, the committee report the yield to be 61|| bushels to 

 the half acre, or 122-|f to the acre by weight; and 59^\ 

 bushels to the half acre, or 118-^ Q bushels to the acre by 

 measure. 



Statement of David Wldton, Esq. 



The quantity of land being half an acre : — 



The land was in grass for the two previous years, and the soil 

 is a sandy loam. May 1st, it was ploughed twelve inches deep, 

 one yoke of oxen, one pair of horses, and two men spending 

 half a day in the operation. Three hours with one pair of 

 horses were spent in harrowing, and one hour with two men and 

 horse in furrowing. 



Four cords of stable manure with one-fourth mixture of 

 meadow-mud were applied, the value on the ground being 

 twenty-eight dollars. In addition to this, one cask and a half of 

 Lodi double-refined poudrette was used. 



The planting was made May 20th, and the hills were three 

 feet and a half apart, each way. Four quarts of Dr. Nichols' 

 corn were used for seeding, amounting to thirty cents, and two 

 days' time was spent in planting. 



The crop was cultivated once and hoed twice, which required 

 four days' labor. One day was spent in cutting and shocking 

 stalks, and three days were spent in harvesting, including husk- 

 ing. There was one ton of top stalks, valued at fifteen dollars, 

 and one and one-half tons of bottom stalks, valued at fifteen 

 dollars per ton, amounting to 122.50. 



