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favorably located beinsj protected by hills from cold winds, and 

 sloping towards the southeast, and a portion of it where the 

 heaviest corn grew has been mucli improved by imderdraining. 

 Mr. Killam is evidently an expert in the cultivation of corn and 

 would probably succeed where many would fail. 



The undersigned regards him entitled to the Society's pre- 

 mium of $10.00, for crop of corn. 



WM. B. CARLTON, for the Committee. 



STATEMENT OF OLIVER P. KILLAM. 



The crop of 1873 was English grass, that of 1874 Indian 

 corn. Twenty-one cords of long manure from the barn cellar 

 was used on 4 1-2 acres, as nearly equal as could be. The soil 

 is a dark, gravelly loam. The ground was ploughed once eight 

 inches deep and afterwards harrowed and furrowed 3 1-2 feet 

 apart each way. The cost of harrowing and furrowing was $2.50 

 per acre, cost of ploughing $3.50 per acre. Fifteen loads of 

 manure were used on each acre, three loads being equal to one 

 cord. The value of the manure on the ground was $9.00 per 

 cord. Three hundred pounds of Cumberland Superphosphate 

 was used at a cost of $7.50 per acre, planted from 15th to 20th of 

 May, 3 1-2 feet apart each way, using about six quarts of eight 

 rowed corn to the acre. Cost of seed and planting, $5.00 per 

 acre. The crop was cultivated three times each way and hoed 

 well once, and after harrowing the weeds were thoroughly cleaned 

 out. The cost of cultivating, hoeing and thinning was $5.00 per 

 acre. The corn was cut close to the ground the last week of 

 September, four hills laid together and six bunches put in each 

 stook, using a stooking horse and birch withes drawn around 

 each one to hold it together. The corn was drawn to the barn 

 from the 15 th of October to the 8th of November and husked, 

 the fodder bound in bundles and set butts up to cure. The cost 

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