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in the barn, where it was husked within a week and carefully 

 weighed. 



Lot No. 1 produced 3,635 pounds of unhusked corn ; 1,462 

 lbs. of sound ears ; 39 lbs. of unsound ears ; 2,134 lbs. stover. 



Lot No. 2 produced 3,715 pounds of unhusked corn ; 1,608 

 lbs. of sound ears ; 29 lbs. of unsound ears ; 2,078 lbs. stover. 



Lot No. 3 produced 3,280 pounds of unhusked corn ; 1,462 

 lbs. of sound ears ; 44 lbs. of unsound ears ; 1,774 lbs. stover. 



Lot No. 4 produced 2,980 pounds of unhusked corn ; 1,284 

 lbs. of sound ears ; 32 lbs. of unsound ears ; 1,664 lbs. stover. 



Lot No. 5 produced 2,120 pounds of unhusked corn; 902 

 lbs. of sound ears ; 40 lbs. of unsound ears ; 1,178 lbs. stover. 



One hundred pounds of ears yielded seventy-six and a half 

 pounds of shelled corn. One bushel measure of shelled corn 

 weighed fifty-seven and a half pounds. 



From the above data it may be seen that the several lots pro- 

 duced, of the several kinds of products, at the rates per acre as 

 given in the following table : 



Shelled com. Stover. Unsound corn in ear. 



Lot No. 1, 97 bushels ; 10,670 pounds ; 195 pounds. 



Statement of B. P. Ware for 1863. 



The acre of land upon which was commenced the experiment 

 on the applicatipn of manure last year, I this year — May first — 

 ploughed eight inches deep ; then sowed upon the furrow two 

 and a half bushels wheat, after soaking two hours in strong 

 brine, and ploughed it in with Knox's gang plough, four inches 



