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whole cost of labor amounts to seventeen dollars. I put no 

 price to the manure, as I get but part of the value this year. 

 October 10th, the supervisor selected one rod square, and it 

 weighed fifty-six pounds, making 119 35-75 bushels to the 

 acre. I have not finished harvesting, so I make no charge for 

 that. I think the top stalks and butts will pay for harvesting. 



MiDDLEBOROUGH, Oct. 26, 1850. « 



Daniel Aldeii's Statement. 



I ploughed two acres of even land in October, 1849. In 

 May last, I carted on ten loads of good compost manure on each 

 half acre ; spread and ploughed it in lightly, without disturb- 

 ing the sod ; then harrowed, furrowed, and planted the corn on 

 the 22d and 23d of May. The seed was a mixture of yellow 

 and flesh color. The expense of cultivating the several lots, 

 including seed, was as follows : — The first half acre, planted 

 three feet apart each way, four kernels in a hill, cost ^2 89 ; 

 second do., in drills three feet apart, kernels nine inches apart, 

 cost $3 41 ; third do., three and a half feet apart each way, 

 five kernels in a hill, cost $2 66 ; fourth do., in drills three and 

 a half feet apart, kernels one foot apart, cost $2 97. Plough- 

 ing the two acres, $4; harrowing, fl 50; one-third of the 

 manure, $6 67; carting and spreading the same, $4; total, 

 $28 10. 



MiDDLEBOROUGH, Oct. 7, 1850. 



Leonard HilVs Statement. 



The two acres of land I entered for premium was mowed 

 last year, and yielded rather a light crop of hay. It is a level 

 piece of ground, of yellow loam, and of easy tillage. In May 

 of the present year, it was ploughed deep with a heavy plough ; 

 then harrowed twice, and furrowed three feet six inches apart. 

 I then carted, and put into the furrows, eight cords of good 

 compost manure. I then dropped, of the smutty white corn, 

 four kernels in a hill, two feet six inches apart ; then covered 

 the whole, corn and manure, with a hoe, leaving the ground 

 level as before. In June it was ploughed and hoed twice, and 

 hoed once in July ; no more being done till September 15th, 

 when the stalks were cut. 



