INDIAN CORN. 



157 



weighed 273 pounds, equal to 5,080 pounds in the Avhole. 

 September 3, cut stalks on four rows, which weighed 353, equal 

 to 6,530 in the whole, green. October 20, harvested the corn, 

 which measured one hundred and eighty-four and a half bushels 

 of ears, equal to ninety-two and a quarter bushels shelled corn, 

 which weighed 6,64:6 pounds. The husks from four rows 

 weighed two hundred and six pounds, equal to 3,811 pounds, in 

 the whole, weighed dry. 



Recapitulation : — ■ 



921 bushels corn, weighed 6,646 lbs., at 95 cents, 

 3,811 lbs. husks, $5 per ton, . 

 5,050 " stover, $5 « . . . . 

 6,530 " stalks, $5 " 



HuBBARDSTON, Nov. 29, 1853. 



$126 11 



"WORCESTER NORTH. 



Joel Hayicard^s Statement. 



The land on which my corn was raised was planted with 

 potatoes last year. Last spring fourteen loads of green manure 

 were spread and ploughed in, and thirteen loads of compost put 

 in the hill. The corn was planted May 3d. Corn, Tuscan 

 white. 



27 loads manure, . $27 00 



Ploughing, .... 

 Teaming and spreading manure, 

 Planting, .... 



Hoeing, .... 



$41 00 

 This field had twenty and one-third hills to the square rod, 

 the ears weighing 461 lbs. to the rod, making ninety bushels to 

 the acre. 



ASHBY. 



