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The plats were ploughed May 14, but from the heavy rains 

 that soon followed, which are noticed in the account of the 

 drainage, the after-cultivation was delayed until May 25, 

 and the corn was not planted until a week later. 



"Longfellow corn" was planted June 2, in hills, forty- 

 four inches apart each way. The soil was in fine condition, 

 and the plants came up evenly on the 8th inst., looking 

 healthy and vigorous. 



As the first and second days of June were the first really 

 warm days of the season, the late planting did not at the 

 time seem to be a serious disadvantage. 



The cultivation of the crops was as follows : Cultivated, 

 June 15 ; hand hoed, June 18; thinned to four plants in a 

 hill, June 21 ; cultivated and hoed, without hilling, June 26, 

 July 9 and 25 ; and a final hoeing, which was limited to kill- 

 ing the weeds that had survived the previous treatment, was 

 given August 2. 



The plats were quite free from weeds on the start, and the 

 repeated cultivation and hoeing left the crop perfectly clean 

 in its subsequent growth. 



On the night of September 3 a hard frost severely injured 

 the corn, and it should have been cut up the following day ; 

 but as we were dependent on the farm for labor, we were 

 obliged to wait until the 7th inst., when the crop was cut 

 close to the ground and put in stooks to cure. The leaves 

 were considerably " wilted," but the stooks were not appar- 

 ently injured. 



The corn was husked October 18 by the *' juniors," who 

 volunteered their services, so that all the plats could be 

 husked in one day. The corn and stalks were hauled to the 

 barn and separately weighed, but the corn from plats fifteen, 

 seventeen and nineteen was not weighed until the next 

 morning. In Table I. the weight of corn and stalks is 

 given for each plat : — 



