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By 1 30 bushels corn at 80 cents, $104 00 



" corn, fodder, &c , 25 00 



" half manure, 35 66 



$164 66 



The yellow variety was planted on the same kind of soil, last year 

 in grass. It was ploughed in the fall, and rolled with a heavy roller ; 

 forty-nine loads (horse cart,) of fish compost were carted on in the 

 winter, and left in a pile till this spring, composted with dry muck, 

 then spread and harrowed in ; furrowed three and a half feet each 

 way. A handful of poudrette, and five or six grains of corn allowed 

 to each hill. Planted May 8th. It was hoed three times, and culti- 

 vated twice ; the seed soaked in a solution of nitre as strong as I 

 thought it would bear, but this did not prevent the crows from pulling 

 it up badly. The yield was as follows : 



To 49 loads fish compost, at $1, $49 00 



" 35 days work, 25 72 



" six barrels poudrette, 7 50 



" half bushel seed, 1 3 oz, nitre, 56 



" interest on two acres at 6 per cent, 12 00 



$94 78 



Profitofcrop, 113 87 



$208 65 



By 94 bushels sound shelled corn, 118 atSOcts.. $150 40 

 " corn and soft corn, 30 00 



" half manure, 28 25 



$208 65 



Very respectfully, 



J. HAMMOND COGGESHALL. 



[Assembly, No. 200.] 



