GRAIN CROPS. 



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hill a small handful of ashes and plaster ; planted by hand, first 

 week in May, with a kind that is called " Fuller corn," seven 

 to eight kernels in a hill. I cultivated one way with the culti- 

 vator, and hoed twice ; cut stalks 15th of August and com- 



menced harvesting October 1st. 



Cost of seed and planting, 



of weeding and hoeing, . 



of manure, fifteen loads, . 



of harvesting, .... 



of ploughing and other preparation, 



$54 75 



Statement of George R. Carter. 



Indian Corn. — The soil is clayey loam. The crop in 1865 

 was grass, without using manure, broken up seven inches 

 deep in October, and cross-ploughed first week in May, harrowed 

 and furrowed 20th of that month, and planted the day follow- 

 ing with Randall & Jones' corn-planter ; one peck of seed used, 

 called the " Carter corn ; " cultivated twice with the cultivator 

 one way and once the other way ; hand-hoed twice ; used 

 twenty-two loads of manure, ten of which were spread and 

 twelve in the hill ; cut the stalks September 12th, and gathered 

 the corn October 12th. 



Cost of ploughing and other preparation, 



of seed and planting, 



of cultivating, 



of harvesting and husking. 

 Value of manure used, . 



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$51 88 



Statement of Cyrus Kilburn. 



Indian Corn. — The land on which my corn was raised is a 

 sandy loam. In 1864 it was in corn, and in 1865 corn and 

 potatoes. Spread and ploughed in about twenty loads of com- 

 post manure, and fifteen loads of like manure were put in the 

 hill with about 150 pounds of superphosphate in the manure. 

 Planted about 15th of May, by hand, with five or six kernels to 



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