FRANKLIN SOCIETY. 261 



James Child's Statement. 



I have a field, consisting of 173 rods of land, on which was 

 raised a crop of broom corn, the summer past. It was a dry 

 piece of upland mowing, having been manured once in two or 

 three years for a great many years, previous to ploughing, 

 which was done early in the spring of 1848, and planted to 

 Indian corn. The corn was ashed, immediately after being 

 planted, in the following manner ; four rows were ashed, and 

 four rows left without ashes. I think there were seven or eight 

 bushels of ashes put on in the manner described, and there was 

 a manifest difference in the size of the corn throughout the 

 season, the ashed corn being much the largest. I cannot say 

 definitely, but should judge there were from forty to fifty bush- 

 els to the acre. 



It was planted again with Indian corn last year, with about 

 fifteen cartloads of green manure ploughed in, and the yield 

 was probably about fifty bushels to the acre. It was ploughed 

 again this year, on the 18th of May, and planted on the 23d, 

 with twelve bushels of ashes in the hill. Finished harvesting 

 the 5th October. Finished scraping it, the 9th of November ; 

 the whole weight of brush, 1157 pounds, or 1075 pounds to 

 the acre. The seed was cleaned on the 22d and 23d of No- 

 vember, and there were nine and a half bushels. Brush con- 

 tracted for in August, at six cents per hundred. Seed worth 

 probably 25 cents per bushel. 



VALUE OF LABOR. 



Ploughing, _ _ _ 



Planting, - _ _ 



Hoeing three times, 



Harvesting, _ _ _ 



Scraping corn, - _ - 



Cleaning seed, - - - 



Horse harrowing and gathering, 



Total, - - $22 13 



Deertield, 1850. 



