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plough and a pair of horses, turned the whole under with a fur- 

 row ten inches deep. The ground was then furrowed, and 

 one and a quarter acres of it planted in hills. May 12th, with 

 corn called the smutty white, in rows three and a half feet 

 apart each way. Hoed it four times, using the plough at the 

 first and second hoeing, and the cultivator at the third and 

 fourth, going twice in a row both ways. At the second hoeing, 

 left only three plants in a hill. No hilling was allowed around 

 the corn, but the surface of the ground kept as level as possi- 

 ble. September 12th, cut the stalks, which were very large, 

 shocking them the same day, when but little wilted, carrying 

 them off the ploughed ground to prevent sand drying into the 

 butts. They came out in excellent order, and weighed 2744 

 pounds. Harvested the corn the 8th and 9th of October, per- 

 fectly ripened. I think the maturity of the corn was consider- 

 ably hastened by the frequent hoeing in the early part of the 

 season. The severe gales of August and September, were of 

 much damage to the corn, so that it falls considerably short of 

 what it promised. 



Total, . . . $79 33 



EXPENSES. 



Cost of ^ the mud manure applied this year, $25 00 



Expense of spreading do., . . 1 33 



Ploughing, farrowing and planting, . 5 25 

 Seed corn, 56 cts. ; ploughing and cultivating, $8, 8 56 



Hoeing, . . . . . 6 00 



Cutting and binding stalks, . . 2 00 

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