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hill. One acre was measured from the field, and the crop care- 

 fully measured : the amount being one hundred and three and 

 one-half bushels of fifty-six pounds. The amount of fodder 

 was large, many of the stalks measuring over eleven feet high. 

 In addition to the above, there were several loads of pumpkins 

 grown on the piece. The value of the labor I have estimated 

 as follows : — 



Ploughing and harrowing, ..... 

 Drawing and spreading manure, .... 



Planting, 



Hoeing, 



Harvesting, ........ 



$32 00 

 Belchertown, December, 1862. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Spencer Leonard, Jr. 



Indian Corn. — The acre of land on which I raised my corn 

 is on a north-westerly slope, and is a sandy loam. It has been 

 in grass five years without much top-dressing, and produced on 

 an average annually about one ton of hay per acre. 



It was ploughed in September, 1861, and sown to rye, and 

 this spring, when the rye was about one and a half or two feet 

 high, eight cords of good manure from my barn cellar were 

 spread, and with the rye ploughed in, about seven inches deep ; 

 it was then well harrowed, and on the 21st of May it was 

 planted in hills, three feet five inches apart each way, putting a 

 small liandful of compost, made of one part hen manure and 

 four parts soil, in each hill. It was rather dry for the seed to 

 vegetate for a few days after planting, but it finally came up 

 well. Places in it were very much injured by worms, on the 

 lower side by wire-worms, and on the high ground by the large 

 white worm. 



A cultivator was passed through it five times, and it was 

 hoed twice. The stalks were cut about the 10th of September, 

 but, owing to the press of other business, the corn was not 



