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have stated that the cobs from the two baskets of ears wci^jlicd 

 but fifteen and one-half pounds. The great superiority of this 

 kind of corn consists in the extra quantity which a basket of 

 ears will yield, being- in this case twenty-one and one- quarter 

 quarts ; and, should it prove to contain as much nutriment as 

 the yellow kind, it will be a A'aluable acquisition to the farmer. 

 The corn-field of Mr. Dow I also examined and surveyed, as 

 my certificate will show. It was indeed an uncommon field to 

 look at ; and the result proved that it was equal to the promise. 

 The soil was naturally rather moist, and originally very rocky, 

 and many rocks are now in tlie land, large enough to occupy 

 the space of several hills each, although no deduction was made 

 on account of them in the measure of the land. This field also 

 was surveyed after the corn was harvested, and the result 

 reported to me ; the produce of the whole field is also given, 

 instead of taking one rod and measuring that, as has sometimes 

 been done, giving an opportunity to say, that the best rod of 

 the field was selected for trial. This field, as you will perceive, 

 produced more baskets of ears to the acre than Mr. Ruggles' 

 field ; and had it yielded as much to the basket as that, would 

 have produced over thirty bushels more to the acre ; and, as 

 there appears no reason why an ear of corn with a small cob 

 may not be raised as easily as one with a large one, if the corn 

 should prove as valuable, the difference in the yield would pay 

 nearly the- cost of cultivation — an object certainly worth the 

 consideration of farmers. Respectfully yours, 



Chaeles Beeck. 



Thomas Motley, Jr.^s, Statement. 



The following statement by Thomas Motley, Jr., Esq., of 

 West Roxbury, shows that another remarkable crop of corn has 

 been raised this year in Norfolk County : — 



Quantity of corn produced from 3 -^^^^ acres of land, in 

 West Roxbury, year 1853 : — 

 514 baskets, by average of 20 baskets shelled 

 and measured, gives, by sealed measure, 

 of good mealing corn, . . . .85 bushels. 

 Pig corn, 10 " 



05 " per acre. 



