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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Thinks one-fourth of the crop on No. 1 was destroyed by 

 worms. Nos. 2 and 3 suffered considerably, and No. 4 a little. 



No. VII. 

 By 0. 0. Perkins, of Becket. Seventy-five rods of land. 

 Yellow loam. Crop of 1859 sowed corn, with twenty-eight 

 loads of manure. First ploughing nine inches, second five. 

 Twelve loads of manure to the four lots. Planted with white 

 Canada corn May 18th. Hoed three times. Cut up at the 

 ground September 24th. Husked and weighed October 25th. 

 Crop a poor one. Season wet and cold. 



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No. VIII. 

 By Levi Stockbridge, of North Hadley. One and one-half 

 acres of land. Light, sandy loam, with a sandy subsoil. 

 Leachy. Well manured in 1857 for corn. 1858, rye without 

 manure, and grass since. First ploughing eight inches, second 

 four. Fourteen hundred cubic feet of manure, — one-half green 

 manure, and one-half crude muck, mixed April 1st, and forked 

 over twice, with a little plaster added, — on the four lots. 

 Planted with eight-rowed yellow corn, May l&th. Three times 

 machine hoed and once by hand. Corn cut up September 22d. 

 Husked October 29th, and shelled January 4th. 



1' R O D U C T . 



No. 1, . shelled corn, 720 lbs. ; stover, 940 lbs. 



2, . " " 015 " 900 



3, . " " 006 " 760 



4, . " " 509 " 544 



5, . " " 422 " 740 



