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and five baskets ; one basket he shelled, and it measured thirty-two 

 quarts. The most of the work was done by the inmates belonging 

 to the institution ; but I have charged for their labor what I think 

 it would cost. 



Most respectfully submitted, 



Isaac H. Meserve, 

 Superintendent Ixoxhury Almshouse. 



JBrooJc Farm, Nov. 12, 1853. 

 I hereby certify that, on the 10th of October past, I harvested 

 and measured one acre of corn, raised on Brook Farm this year : it 

 produced one hundred and five baskets ; I shelled one basket, and it 

 measured thirty-two quarts, making one hundred and five bushels of 

 shelled corn. 



James M. Went worth. 



1 hereby certify that I have, this day, measured one acre of land, 

 on Avhich corn was this season raised, for I. H. Meserve, Esq., at 

 Brook Farm. 



James Ritchie, Surveyor. 



Wed Roxhury, October 19, 1853. 



STATEMENT OF BENJ. N. SAWIN, OF DOVER, ON CORN. 



Gentlemen — The two acres of corn entered by me for premium 

 was raised on land of a sandy loam, and has bpen improved as a 

 pasture the last eighteen years without any cultivation. In IMay, 

 1852, the land was ploughed six inches deep, and harrowed, and 

 planted with corn. I put upon the two acres nine cords of unfer- 

 mented manure from my barn cellar. In applying the manure, (for 

 an experiment,) on one acre I spread four and a half cords and 

 harrowed it in, put none in the hill ; on the next acre I applied the 

 same quantity and quality of manure in the hill, and spread none. 

 In May, 1853, I ploughed the ground eight inches deep. On one 

 acre, (the same that was spread on last year,) I spread and ploughed 

 in four and a half cords of unfermented manure, put none in the hill. 



