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mud, sea and barn manure, in about equal parts, the whole 

 completely saturated with night soil, all forked over, and well 

 mixed twice before using ; then ploughed the whole land eight 

 inches deep ; then spread an equal quantity of the same 

 manure upon lot No. 2, and cross-ploughed the whole land four 

 inches deep ; then manured lot No. 3 in like manner, and har- 

 rowed the whole land thoroughly. 



May 22d, marked out the rows 3-J by 3 feet, with a chain, 

 and planted six kernels of common, eight-rowed yellow corn in 

 a hill, one inch deep, eleven rows in each lot. Then spread 

 upon lot No. 4 the same quantity of the same manure as on the 

 other lots, and let it remain upon the surface. 



Lot No. 5 had no manure. June 17th, worked the land 

 both ways with a horse hoe, so closely to the corn as to require 

 no use of the hand hoe. July 20th, cultivated both ways, and 

 hoed the corn carefully. August 10th, went through and 

 pulled up all weeds that had escaped the hoe. October 15th, 

 cut up the corn close to the ground and stocked it. 



Nov. 1st, harvested and weighed the crops on the several 

 lots, resulting as follows : — 



Lot No. 1, net weight of corn and stover, 

 " " of sound corn in the ear, 

 " " of unsound corn, 



" No. 2, net weight of corn and stover, 

 " " of sound corn in the ear, 

 " " of unsound corn, 



" No. 3, net weight of corn and stover, 

 " " of sound corn in the ear, 

 " " of unsound corn, 



" No. 4, net weight of corn and stover, 

 " " of sound corn in the ear, ' 

 " " of unsound corn, 



" No. 5, net weight of corn and stover, 

 " " of sound corn in the ear, 

 ■^' " of unsound corn, 



A bushel of the ears weighed 47 J pounds, and yielded 39|- 

 pounds of shelled corn dry enough to grind, or 21 quarts of 

 shelled corn, this kind of corn having a small cob. 



