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At the second hoeing, the corn was thinned out, and only- 

 three stalks left in a hill. The rows ran as near north and 

 south as possible. The corn suffered little from the drought, 

 which I attribute very much to the deep ploughing. At each 

 hoeing, the surface of the ground was kept as near a level as 

 possible. The stalks were cut about the 15th of September, 

 and the suckers were all carefully cut out. 



The corn was harvested between the 20th and 25th day of 

 October. In addition to the corn, there were about fifteen 

 bushels of potatoes on the same land, planted in the outside 

 rows, to protect the corn. The following is the amount of la- 

 bor done, the present season : — Four days with men, and two 

 with oxen, hauling, spreading, and dropping the manure in the 

 hills. Ploughing and harrowing, one man and two horses, 

 three-quarters of a day. Man and horse, four hours' furrowing. 

 One man, two days' planting, with boy to drop the corn. One 

 man, boy, and horse, five hours' cultivating. Hoeing, the first 

 time, four days. One man, boy, and horse, four hours' plough- 

 ing between rows. Hoeing, the second time, two days' work. 

 Cutting and binding the stalks, four days' work. Harvesting, 

 six days' work. 



Byfield, Nov. 8, 1849. 



P. S. — Nov. 16. — I have, this day, shelled two bushels of 

 ears of the above corn, and found the yield to be, one bushel 

 and four and a half quarts. 



Henry Pooi'^s Statement. 



I have carefully measured one acre of corn, — have measured 

 the ears, and shelled a bushel basket full, — and have ascertained 

 the exact product to be ninety-three bushels to the acre. 



My whole field was a little rising three acres, and the corn 

 is uniformly as large as the measured acre. It suffered very 

 little from drought. A few hills, in a dry corner, were rolled. 

 Many of the spindles were nine and a half and ten feet high. 

 If any of the committee will inform me how to dispose of the 



