156 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



WORCESTER WEST. 



Statement of George II. Lcc. 



I hereby certify that I liavc harvested one hundred and five 

 bushels of corn, the present season, from one acre of ground. 

 The manner of culture is as follows : — The green sward was 

 turned early in spring, and immediately after about twenty 

 loads of stable manure were applied per acre, after which it waa 

 harrowed once and thoroughly mixed with the subsoil. The 

 corn was planted about the 20th of May, in drills. Previous 

 to weeding, about a table-spoonful of plaster of Paris was ap- 

 plied to each hill. It was hoed three times; the last time 

 about the first of August. 



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Barue, Nov. 7, 1853. 



Statement of Nathan S. Walker. 



My acre of corn yielded eighty-nine bushels, weighing 61. Gl to 

 the bushel, making 5,484 pounds. The ground was broken up 

 last November, and I put on thirty loads barn manure, spread 

 one half upon the top of the furrow, and put the remainder in 

 the hill. Furrowed one way, three and a half feet apart, and 

 planted two and a half feet apart in the rows. I used an ox 

 cultivator to work in the spread manure, and a cultivator be- 

 tween the rows, and hoed three times. 



Bariie, November, 1853. 



Statement of Calvin Earl. 



The land contained one acre — surveyed by a practical sur- 

 veyor. In the fall of 1851 the land was turned over from eight 

 to ten inches in depth. In spring of 1852 it was well manured 

 and planted with corn, and I had a noble crop. In spring of 

 1853 I ploughed about fourteen inches deep, and spread on 

 fifteen to twenty loads barnyard manure, and harrowed well. 

 After the land was furrowed three and a half feet apart one 

 way, and two and a half the other, I planted with a small 

 shovelful of manure in the hill, and hoed twice. 



Aug'ist 20, cut stover from four rows, ten rods long, which 



