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upon it for several years. The soil is a gravelly loam, (not 

 very rich,) situated upon a hill side, and well adapted to the 

 growth of corn. In May of 1850, the sward was ploughed, 

 harrowed and manured in the hill only, and planted with corn. 

 It yielded a fair crop in the fall. Last spring it was ploughed 

 twice, harrowed once, and furrowed one way ; the furrows 

 three and one half feet apart. On the 14th and loth days of 

 May, thirty-two horse-cart loads of compost manure, (twenty 

 bushels each,) one half of which was horse manure, the other 

 loam, (the whole having been thoroughly mixed in the barn 

 cellar,) were carried on and put, a shovelful in a place, about 

 three and one third feet apart in the furrows, making four 

 thousand hills to the acre. It was then planted with a me- 

 dium sized, very early variety of corn, putting five kernels in a 

 hill. This corn I obtained from Acton, Mass., last winter. 

 The cultivator was used between the rows once, and the 

 plough twice, during June, and it was hoed three times. The 

 top stalks were cut the first of September, and the corn was 

 ripe enough to harvest the first of October. The expense of 

 the crop was as follows, viz. : 



Interest on land, at price paid for it in May, 1850, - $3 60 

 Taxes, . - - - . - 30 



Ploughing, harrowing, and furrowing, - - 4 50 



Applying manure, $3 00 ; one half the manure, 10 67, 13 67 

 Working with cultivator and plough, 

 Hoeing, three times, $4 00 ; seed, 25, 

 Cutting and securing top stalks, 

 Harvesting corn, . _ - - 



Total, - $36 82 



On the 25th of October, the ears from twenty-five hills, that 

 being the average upon a square rod, were gathered and 

 weighed. 



Nov. 8, the ears weighed - - - 31 1 lbs. 



Dec. 1, " cobs " - - _ 5 lbs. 



The shelled corn measured - - - 17 qts. 



" " " weighed - - - 25^ lbs. 



Making seventy bushels of shelled corn to the acre. 



