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nearer it is in the hill, the better the crop. I cultivate as 

 level as I can, not making hills. It stands drought better, 

 and I think that I get more corn." 



Cr. 



By lOSf bushels corn, at 75 cents $81 50 



Two tons stover 16 00 



197 50 



Dr. 



To ploughing $2 00 



Manure 41 00 



Seed and planting 2 40 



Cultivation 4 00 



Harvesting 6 00 



55 80 



Profit $41 70 



Profit, estimating that half of manure remains for next 

 crop, 162.40. 



HINGHAM. 



[Statement of Edmund Hersey.] 



I submit the following statement of an experiment made 

 on two acres of land planted with Indian corn, not for a 

 premium, but that it may reach our society through the 

 proper committee. 



The land selected for the trial was a poor, sandy loam, the 

 subsoil being good mason's sand. For the last thirty years 

 the land has been pastured with cows. It was ploughed the 

 second week in May, and planted the third week, with the 

 variety known as long-eared, eight-rowed yellow. The hills 

 were three feet and a half apart each way; and five ker- 

 nels were put in a hill. The 11th of July, the corn was 

 ploughed crosswise, two furrows in each row, turning from 

 the corn. No hoeing was done at this ploughing, except to 

 cut down a few briers. June 18 it was ploughed length- 

 wise, two furrows in a row, and again turned from the corn. 

 One hour only was spent with the hoe this time. Nothing 

 more was done till July 4, when a cultivator was run 

 through lengthwise, and the ground made as level as possi- 

 ble with the hoe. Nothing more was done by way of culti- 



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