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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



hill ; a cultivator was used between the rows, and hoed twice ; 

 harvested the 20th of October. Two rods (one on each acre) 

 were selected, which were considered a fair sample of the field. 

 On the acre on Avhich the manure was spread, the rod yielded 

 nineteen quarts shelled corn, which weighed thirty-five pounds, 

 and allowing fifty-six pounds to the bushel, made one hundred 

 bushels per acre. On the acre on which the manure was put 

 in the hill, the rod yielded seventeen quarts of shelled corn, 

 which weighed thirty-one and one-quarter pounds, which makes 

 eighty-nine and two-sevenths bushels per acre. The expense 

 of the crop was as follows, viz. : — 



Interest on value of land, at $45 per acre. 

 Taxes, ...... 



9 cords of manure, at $5 per cord, 

 Ploughing, twice, . 

 Furrowing, .... 



Carting and applying manure. 

 Planting, .... 



15 quarts of seed, . . • 



Crow line around the field, . 

 Cultivating and hoeing, twice, 

 Cutting and binding stalks, . 

 Harvesting corn, . 



The value of the crop is as follows : — 

 Stalks, ....... 



Husks, ....... 



One-half of manure unspent, 

 189|- bushels of corn, at $1, . 



DovEE, November 9, 1853. 



$86 12 



- 231 74 

 $145 62 



Statemejit of R. Mmisjield. 



The field planted with corn, measures four acres and sixty- 

 eight rods ; the soil is free and easy to work, without a single 

 stone upon it ; it has been used as a field for growing redtop 

 seed, for a number of years previous to 1850; since that, it 



