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CREDIT. 



By 58 bushels rye, at five shillings, .... ^48 33 

 " 2 tons of straw, at $8, 16 00 



Total, $64 33 



18 42 



Profit, |45 91 



Hadley, Dec. 30, 1852. 



A premium of $5 was awarded. 



Corn Crop. 



Moses C. Porter^s Statement. 



The following is a statement respecting one acre of Indian 

 corn, raised by me in the summer of 1852. 



The land it was raised upon had been kept for a cow pas- 

 ture for some years past, and was, when ploughed, good Eng- 

 lish turf. I ploughed the land on the 11th of May, rolled and 

 harrowed it well, put the manure in the holes, which were 

 three feet and a half apart, and the rows were three feet apart. 

 I put plaster of Paris upon the manure before planting, and 

 applied the ashes upon the hill after the first hoeing. The 

 corn was hoed four times ; the horse and harrow were used, 

 the first three times, and the fourth time it was hoed plain. 

 The seed used was the eight-rowed corn. The corn was cut 

 up at the roots and stacked until dry enough to put into the 

 barn. The value of the labor performed was $21. The value 

 of the manure, which consisted of five loads of green horse 

 manure, eight bushels of ashes, and one bushel of plaster of 

 Paris, was $9 50. The produce was 112^^ bushels of shelled 

 corn, and 3|^ tons of fodder. The corn was measured by 

 husking it in a two-bushel basket, and then shelling one basket, 

 and multiplying the amount by the number of baskets. 



Hatfield, Oct. 29, 1852. 



A premium of $10 was awarded. , 



