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rails, which, by the way, I consider the most economical fencing 

 for this region. Commenced ploughing it as late as the first 

 of May, with one horse, and Prouty's No. 21 plough; ploughed 

 it very deep, at all times bringing up the subsoil, which was 

 sand mixed with a yellowish loam. I planted it the 19th and 

 20th of May, with corn called the smutty white, in hills four 

 feet apart each way. The after cultivation was very thorough, 

 and to this, together with the deep ploughing, I attribute, more 

 than to anything else, the productiveness of the field. I used 

 the cultivator at every hoeing — which was four times — running 

 it very deep, twice in a row both ways. At the second hoeing 

 pulled all except two plants in a hill. At the last hoeing, 25th 

 August, sowed rye, oats, and grass seed, putting on to the acre 

 twelve quarts rye, sixteen quarts oats, eight quarts herds grass, 

 twelve quarts red top, and eight pounds clover seed. 



I raised from this field one hundred and fifty-six bushels of 

 corn, of excellent quality, which sold readily at eighty-five cents 

 per bushel, and thirty-eight bushels of potatoes. The crop of 

 rye taken off the next year measured fifty-five bushels. 



The grass seed took well, and has brought the field into 

 a fine sward and good pasturage. The oats sowed along with 

 the grass seed having grown up six or eight inches in the fall, 

 were cut down by the frost, and served as a coating of manure 

 for the nourishment of the grass and rye plants. 



Statement of the Produce of the Field. 



156 bushels corn, at 85c., 



35 do. hog corn, at 25c., - 



Husks and stalks - _ - - 

 38 bushels potatoes, at 75c., 



55 do. Tye, at 80c., - - - 



Pumpkins, _ - - _ _ 



Rye straw, - - , - - 



Deduct one half for cultivating, 



" rye, oats, and grass seed sown, 

 " interest on land and fence, 

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