INDIAN CORN. 91 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Benjamin Harden, of Bridgewaier. 

 The land I planted to corn, the present year, is a rich, dark, 

 sandy loam, containing 175 square rods ; it has been for 

 several years in grass without manure. It was ploughed May 

 25, seven inches deep, turning in 36 loads of manure from 

 my barn-cellar, each load containing 30 bushels ; 60 bushels 

 .of leached ashes were spread upon the furrows and harrowed 

 in ; planted May 27, with smutty white or hill corn, in 

 rows three and one-half feet apart and in hills about two feet 

 apart, putting four kernels of corn to each hill, and a hand- 

 ful of hen-manure and soil mixed ; cultivated three times 

 with a horse-cultivator, and hoed twice. Product, as ascer- 

 tained by the supervisor, October 19, 123^ bushels, being 

 at the rate of 112 t 7 q bushels per acre, and three tons of 

 stover. Expenses : ploughing and harrowing, $10 ; manure 

 and ashes, $68; seed and planting, $5; cultivation, $10; 

 harvesting, $16 ; total $109. 



