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as it should, and the 1st of July I had a very irregular stand ; also a little 

 dry at the time it was earing. I plowed it four times, and went through 

 with the hoe twice, but did n't draw any earth to the corn. I cut it the 1st 

 of October, and finished shucking the 14th of November 110 bushels and 56 

 pounds. The least number of ears to the bushel was 52 ; actual cost of labor 

 performed on the acre, 89.60, or eight cents to the bushel. I think, if all 

 things had been favorable, I should have had at least fifteen bushels more 

 corn. And now, in conclusion, I would say that the experiment has been 

 worth the effort and all the labor performed, and has taught me that it pays 

 to underdrain, to plow deep and pulverize well before planting ; and if we, as 

 farmers, were more careful in this particular, the average yield per acre 

 of corn would be raised far above what statistics have shown. 



H. A. MILLER. 



MORRISTOWN, IND., November 23, 1877. 



I herewith send report of ray premium acre of corn : 8 cords stable 

 manure at 81, $8 ; hauling and spreading same, 86 ; breaking and pulverizing, 

 82.50; seed, 25c. and planting 50c.; 4| bush, salt, 30c. (sown broadcast), 

 $1.35; cultivation, $2; harvesting 88 bush, at 3c., $2.64; interest on land 

 at 10 per cent, 87; total, 830.24. Credit by 88 bush, corn at 30c., 820.40. 

 credit by 1 acre stalks, 81 ; total, 827.40. The soil is a black swamp laud of 

 good quality, and has been in cultivation about fifteen years. The planting 

 had to be done a second time. May 18th. Drilled twelve inches iu the 

 rows, with the rows three feet apart. Variety of corn, large yellow Dent. 

 Full one-fourth of the stalks failed to produce any thing. I think it was 

 planted too late and too thickly. Cultivation first and second times with a 

 one-horse harrow ; third time with a small tooth cultivator, and fourth with 

 a double shovel. A glance at the figures is sufficient to satisfy any one that 

 the experiment was a failure financially, but perhaps the few remaining dol- 

 lars are saved in experience. J. C. DAVIS. 



ELLSWORTH, ILL., November 24, 1877. 



I have husked my premium acre, and have for my pains 118 bushels, 3P> 

 pounds of as good corn as I ever raised. The laud on which my corn grew has 

 been in cultivation since the year 1853, has never had any manure of any 

 kind on it, and I had thirty-five acres to tend with one team. I first plowed 

 my laud from four to five inches in depth; I then harrowed it once, marked 

 it off three feet, nine inches, and planted the same distance ; I then plowed it 

 three times. This was all the attention my corn received, the entire piece 

 receiving the same attention. On the 7th of November I measured the acre, 

 10 by 16 from east to west, the length ; the width from north to south. I 

 went into the entire piece, and from it selected the best acre, as I thought. 

 Then on the 12th I husked and weighed it in baskets. The corn is of the 

 variety known as the Kickapoo Beauty, a corn peculiar to this locality. 



