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in, and two hundred and fifty pounds of Enoch Coe's phos- 

 phate were added, a tablespoonful being placed in each hill. 

 About the middle of May, six quarts of eight-rowed yellow 

 corn were planted. This crop was cultivated with a horse, 

 and hoed three times, and thinned to four stalks in a hill. In 

 the early part of September the stalks were cut at the roots, 

 and two or three weeks after the corn was husked and stored. 

 By measurement in three different parts of the field, the 

 yield of corn was found to average forty-six pounds to a 

 square rod, or 7,360 pounds to an acre. 



Cr. 



By 113^ bushels corn, at 75 cents $85 12 



Two tons stover 18 00 



$103 12 



De. 



To preparation $3 00 



Manure 31 66 



Phosphate 6 25 



Seed and planting 2 50 



Cultivation 6 00 



Harvesting . . 6 00 



55 41 



Profit $47 71 



[Statement of Edwin C. Parker, South Deerfield.] 



The land on which this crop of corn was raised had been 

 seeded down three years. The soil, which is a light loam 

 resting on a clay subsoil, was ploughed in the fall eight 

 inches deep. Twenty loads of manure of thirty bushels each 

 were spread broadcast on the furrows, and pulverized and 

 worked in with a wheel-harrow. The land was planted on 

 the 15th and 16th of May, with a twelve-rowed variety of corn 

 in furrows three feet apart, and in hills three feet and a half 

 apart. Ten bushels of ashes were placed in the hills. The 

 crop was cultivated three times with a horse, and hoed once 

 by hand. The harvesting was begun Sept. 3, and the crop 

 was gathered into stooks of thirty-six hills each, and the 

 stooks tied around the top. 



Mr. Parker says, " In planting corn I have found, that, the 



