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mixed in with the soil by twice ploughing and harrowir^. 

 Corn planted the 13th of May, with eight-rowed northern 

 corn ; the rows three feet apart one way, and hills eighteen 

 inches the other, with from six to eight kernels in a hill. 

 Corn came up fine, and was plastered the 31st of May ; 

 hoed the first time the 9th and 10th of June, the second 

 time 24th of June. Cultivator run through it three times. 

 The corn began to tassel the 18th of July, and was in full 

 tassel the first of August. 



Up to this time the crop had looked uncommonly well, 

 but from the 1st of August a severe drought commenced, 

 and continued until the crop was very materially injured. 

 Some spots where the corn had grown most luxuriantly, 

 withered and dried ; other parts of the field suffered less, 

 so that on the whole there was some more than half of a 

 good crop, or what there would have been if the season 

 had continued favorable. 



Cutting, Grinding, and Boiling. Cut the first stalks, 

 and made the first experiment at grinding and boiling, the 

 25th of August. The stalks at this time were quite green, 

 but the produce was quite satisfactory, and appeared quite 

 favorable for crystallizing. The juice was very abun- 

 dant, of a greenish color, very rich, thick and heavy, yet 

 retaining all the flavor of the corn-stalk, until after clean- 

 sing and boiling. 



August 30th, made the second batch. This was boiled 

 in a shallow sheet-iron pan, clarified and strained accor- 

 ding to the directions given in Mr. Ellsworth's report. 

 From this batch was taken the specimen of sugar exhibited 

 to the committee at the State Fair, Rochester. 



Other experiments were made the 4th and 7th of Sep- 

 tember. 



The object of these successive experiments was mainly 

 to determine, at what time the saccharine matter was suf- 

 ficiently matured to make crystallized sugar. 



