310 State Board of Agrtcut.tcke, &c. 



By tlie foregoing demonstration we find a clear profit of 

 eighty-two dollars on the ten acres, or eight dollars and 

 twenty cents an acre. Nor is this all our gain. There is 

 no crop that tlie fanner can raise that will fit liis fields for 

 future crops of either grain or grass lilce a well tilled corn 

 crop. And the crowning profit is the happy consciousness 

 of having acted well our part by contributing to the general 

 good. 



And now when the revolving year brings the rich harvests 

 of autumn, with what satisfaction do we view our well filled 

 cribs of golden corn, producing bright and happy visions of 

 fat beef and pork, mutton and poultry, and an occasional 

 hot and well buttered johnny-cake. 



And who can be so ungrateful as not to join in heartfelt 

 gratitude to the Giver for crowning our labors witli such 

 abundant success ? 



Experiments as to time of ripening of different varieties 

 of corn, all planted May 10th. Soil and treatment alike in 

 each case. Made by J. C. & R. Jaques, of Essex County, 

 Massachusetts. 



Early Dent. Ripened August 5th. Yield per acre 49^ 

 bushels. Shrinkage from time of husking to January 1st 

 20 per cent. 



Button. Ripened August 11th. Yield per acre 47:| 

 bushels. Shrinkage from time of husking to January 1st 



25 per cent. 



Wliite Australian. Ripened August 17th. Yield per 

 acre 72^ bushels. Shrinkage from time of husking to Jan- 

 uary 1st 19:^ per cent. 



Cherokee. Ripened August 28th. Yield per acre 56|- 



