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of Maine, at an expense of about eight dollars. Sowed, the 

 fifteenth day of April, 1850, at the rate of two bushels to the 

 acre. The soil is a gravel loam, and about one half of it is 

 what we call dry, gravelly land. In the spring of 1849, this 

 land was turned over, and planted with corn ; manured with 

 twelve small loads of hog manure, spread and harrowed in. It 

 was also manured in the hill, with compost, (five loads yard 

 manure, and five meadow mud.) After the corn was harvested, 

 the dry part of the field was spread with clay, say about thirty 

 loads to the acre, which was spread in the spring ; the ground 

 ploughed twice, and the grain harrowed in. Harvested the last 

 of July. The grain was out about ten days, and suffered from 

 frequent handling, to keep it from spoiling. The whole field 

 sowed was one and a half acres, and treated exactly alike, ex- 

 cept the part not entered for premium. On this, the dressing 

 of hog manure was omitted last year. The product of this 

 half acre was six and a half bushels. In justice to the cheated 

 part of the field, I ought to say, that there ought to be a deduc- 

 tion of about twelve rods, on account of the shade of a row of 

 apple trees. This experiment in raising wheat has succeeded 

 beyond my expectations, and, I do not hesitate to say, is the 

 most profitable part of my farming. 

 East Medway, ]Sov. 1, 1850. 



Jared Audi's Statemetit. 



The acre of ground, on which the corn was raised which I 

 off'er for premium, was in grass last season ; of a strong, loamy 

 soil, and was ploughed, late in September, eight inches deep, 

 I spread six cords of green manure, and ploughed it in about 

 the 1st of May. Just before planting, which was between the 

 15th and 20th of May, harrowed, and spread on five and a half 

 cords of rotten manure, and ploughed it in. It was then fur- 

 rowed about seven inches deep, three feet between furrows ; 

 the hills from eighteen to twenty inches apart. On dropping 

 the corn, the furrow was filled in level with the surface, and 

 four kernels in a hill. In dropping, the kernels were placed 

 three inches apart. After the corn came up, there was a small 



