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Last April, the land was ploughed with a side-hill plough, 

 turning all flat, furrows seven inches deep. Twenty-three 

 loads of green manure were hauled on, which were spread and 

 harrowed in at the time of planting. May 19th. Ten loads of 

 rotten manure, made under cover and sheltered through the 

 summer, were put in the hill. Three hundred pounds of 

 plaster were used, a part on the manure in the hill, the remain- 

 der sowed on after the first hoeing. 



Owing to the steepness of the slope, the rows were furrowed 

 three feet six inches apart, the hills three feet in the rows. 

 Planted the eight-row corn, using a liberal suppy of seed to 

 guard against worms or other injury. At the first hoeing, 

 thinned to five stalks in the hill. Hoed three times, using the 

 cultivator each time. The corn was harvested by cutting up 

 at the ground, and putting it in shocks of twelve hills each, 

 while a small portion of it was quite soft, lest it might be in- 

 jured by the frost. The corn was carted, husked and carefully 

 measured early in November. A portion of it, shelled soon af- 

 terwards, gave a yield of one hundred and nine bushels, three 

 pecks. 



Estimated Expense. 



Thirty-three loads of manure, - $33 00 



Plaster, - - - - 1 35 



Ploughing, and hauling manure, &c., - 8 00 



Spreading manure and harrowing, - 1 50 



Furrowing 75 ; seed 33, - - 1 08 



Planting $3 ; hoeing and cultivating, $8 50, 1 1 50 

 Cutting up and shocking, - - 2 00 



Carting and husking, - - 8 50 



— ~ |g66 93 

 By 109| bush, corn at 70 cts. per bush. $76 81 



3 tons corn fodder, - - 15 00 91 81 



Balance in favor of crop, - - - - $24 88 



It will be seen that we have made no allowance for the ben- 

 efit, which after-crops may receive from the manure. We also 



