212 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



tipn,) the same spread and ploughed in to the depth of 9 inches. 

 The yield was 236 bushels of ears, or 29^ bushels of shelled corn 

 per acre. This land was trenched two years ago, to the depth of 15 

 inches, and all the stones sunk to the depth of 9 inches, since which 

 it has not been highly manured. 



Five acres, an old carrot bed, was this year manured with 80 loads 

 (236 gallons each) of liquid manure per acre, 40 loads previous to 

 ploughing, and 40 loads afterwards. Yield 403 bushels of ears, or a 

 minute fraction over 40 bushels of shelled corn per acre. This corn 

 was planted June 3d, but was sound and good. Variety : Connecti- 

 cut Kiver. 



Six and one-half acres on Sibly lot, was manured with 300 lbs. of 

 guano per acre, and produced 429 bushels of ears, or 33 bushels of 

 shelled corn per acre. Variety: Smutty White or Plymouth, a late 

 but prolific variety if highly manured. 



Supplementary Report of Corn upon hired land : — 



Twelve acres on land of T. A. Smith, produced 720 bushels of 

 ears of the King Phillip variety, being 30 bushels of shelled corn per 

 acre, all of which was of an inferior quality. 



This land was manured as follows : Seven and one-half acres (old 

 land) were dressed with^ 114 loads (28^ cords) equally distributed 

 over the l^- acres, and 100 lbs. of Coe's super-phosphate of lime, with 

 50 lbs. of plaster per acre, in the hill. 



Four and one-half acres was sod land, but was ploughed in October, 

 1856, and sowed to rye, the same, however, being badly winter-killed, 

 and what little there was on the ground May 1st, Avas ploughed in. 

 This la.nd received only 100 lbs. of the phosphate and 50 lbs. of 

 plaster mixed in the hill, per acre. The corn on this new land was 

 much better than that iipon the old land. 



Three acres on land hired of A. M. Brigham, and manured with 

 3 cords of manure per acre, ploughed in, and a handful of leached 

 ashes in each hill, produced 285 bushels of ears or 47^ of shelled 

 corn per acre, of the Smutty White or Plymouth variety. 



PoxAXOKS. — Whole number of acres planted, 12. Yield, 790 

 bushels. Varieties : Slienangocs, Jenny Linds, or Lincoln seedlings, 

 Davis seed, Riley or Dover, Worcester seed, long reds and peach 

 blows. Five acres were planted with the three following varieties : 

 Shenangoes, Worcester seedlings and peach blows. The crop was 

 almost a total failure, in consequence of disease, there being only 45 

 bushels of marketable potatoes from the five acres. Three acres of 



