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good as the two rods submitted to the test, one thousand 

 pounds would have been the produce. And it would 

 seem that this must be a safe calculation, as the stalks on 

 the two rods were not as large as would be grown in a 

 good season. 



An equal amount by weight of large stalks of rank 

 growth, and of small ones that were grown thick, were 

 ground separately ; but as no material difference was 

 found in the produce, my opinion is that the corn should 

 be cultivated so thick that no ears will be produced. 



EXPENSE. 



For the rent of land, $3 00 



" thirty loads of manure la. per load, 3 75 



" drawing 30 loads manure lOc. per load, 300 



" ploughing, harrowing and fitting ground, 234 



" planting, plastering, cultivating and hoeing, 587 



" seed-corn. and plaster, 068 



" spreading manure 088 



The whole expense of raising one acre corn-stalk, $19 52 



There is no part of the business that is so tedious as 

 plucking the ears, stripping the leaves, and cutting off the 

 tassel. A part of this labor was performed for the fodder 

 that might be obtained from it, but it was not sufficient to 

 pay ; as the labor of plucking the ears was performed for 

 this consideration, T am unable to say what it would cost ; 

 but this much is certain, it is needless for the most part, 

 as no ears of any amount need be raised, if the corn is 

 sufficiently thick. From the best estimate that I can 

 make of the expense of stripping leaves and cutting the 

 tassel, I think that a smart hand would perform the work 

 on an acre in six days ; therefore, 



The amount brought forward, $19 52 



To six days' stripping leaves, etc., 4 50 



The whole expease up to the cutting of the stalks is $24 .02 





