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Seed, - - - - 

 Harrowing, and rolling, - 

 Harvesting and threshing, 

 Land rent, - - - 



$22 28 



Net gain, . . . - $26 62 



The directors award to 



Horace Clark, of Wilbraham, 1st premium, of - $4 00 



J. H. Demond, of Springfield, 2d " - - 2 00 



Corn Crop. 



Before presenting the statements on corn, we offer some fur- 

 ther quotations from the authority we have cited on wheat, as 

 the two crops constitute the base of his comparisons ; the same 

 form was adopted in relation to this grain, lut we will abridge, 

 and give only his average crops and profits thus : 



Massachusetts, av. products per acre, 40 bu. ; av. profits $19 00 



N. Hampshire, " " " 40 " " " 18 00 



Vermont, " " " 40 " " " 17 20 



Ohio, " " " 50 " " " 10 00 



Indiana and Illinois, same results 60 " " " 9 40 



Horace Smith's Statement. 

 The crop of corn which I offer for premium was raised on 

 five acres of land, alluvial sandy loam, which has been in grass 

 and mowed for the last four years. Early in the spring of 

 1851, this lot was ploughed, turning the furrows from six to 

 seven inches deep ; it was then well harrowed, and about six 

 cords of stable manure to the acre was spread upon the surface, 

 and covered with the plough, throwing it into ridges or rows 

 to plant upon without disturbing the reversed turf; the plant- 

 ing was done athwart these ridges — the corn received three 

 hoeings, which was all the labor bestowed upon its growth. 

 In September, it was cut up and stacked in the field, since 



