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have been produced by such culture. A constant care is 

 required to prevent a mixture of plants of different varieties. 



But rather than weary your patience we will cut the matter 

 short, by urging a strict adherence to scientific principles in the 

 culture of seeds. When samples of those seeds are presented 

 for exhibition, let them be accompanied by carefully prepared 

 statements concerning the application of those principles, and 

 we feel confident that beneficial results will follow. 



Levi P. Warner, Chairman. 



NANTUCKET. 



Statement of Edward Hammond. 

 Indian Corn. — Having entered as a competitor for the best 

 experiment in raising Indian corn, I will say that the land on 

 which it grew was sandy loam ; it had been in grass about 

 twenty years, without manure, producing about three-fourths of 

 a ton of hay annually. Last May I ploughed it six inches deep, 

 and applied twenty-five loads of compost manure, of fifteen 

 bushels each, and harrowed it twice, which, from long expe- 

 rience I believe to be much better than to plough the manure 

 under. On the 27th of May I planted with native corn, in 

 hills, three feet one way by four feet the other, which was a 

 mistake, as I have no doubt there would have been much more 

 corn had it been planted three feet each way, as I intended to 

 have had it. It was cultivated twice and hoed twice. I cut the 

 stalks about the 15th of September, harvested November 12th, 

 and the result was fifty-five bushels of shelled corn per acre. 



VALUE OF CROP. 



