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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



514 baskets, by weight 56 lbs. to bushel, 



good mealing corn, . . . .95 bushels. 

 Pig corn, 13 " 



108 " per acre. 

 The land was surveyed November 28, 1853, by W. A. Gar- 

 bett, laud surveyor. 



Statement of Isaac H. Meserve, Superintendent Roxhury 



Almshouse. 



The acre of corn which I offer for a premium, was raised on 

 light, loamy soil ; it was pasture land in 1852; I ploughed it 

 the last of September of that year, eight inches deep; last 

 spring I spread about six cords of green barn manure, night 

 soil, and meadow mud, well mixed: then ploughed from ten to 

 twelve inches deep, harrowed it, then ploughed four inches deep, 

 harrowed again, and planted with one shovelful of compost of 

 hog manure and meadow mud in each hill; the rows three feet 

 apart and the hills two and a half; the corn was the twelve- 

 rowed kind, with four kernels in a hill. I planted the 17th of 

 May ; cut the stalks the 8th of September ; and harvested the 

 19th of October. I cultivated once and hoed three times ; after 

 the first hoeing, I put around the corn two hundred and fifty 

 pounds of guano. 



Expenses : — 

 Ten cords manure, at .$4, 

 Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Furrowing and planting, 

 Hoeing, &c., .... 

 Cutting stalks, and harvesting, 

 Interest on land, . 

 Guano, ..... 



Value of crop : — 



Stalks, 



One hundred and five bushels corn, 

 One half the manure unexpended, . 



$78 50 



143 75 



Leaves net profit of 



$65 25 



