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Hoeing, $18 00 



Harvesting, 12 00 



^176 50 



Yield.— 358 bushels of corn at $1 per bush., $358 08 

 Fodder, 60 00 



418 00 



Net profit, $242 50 



Weld Farm, Nov. 9, 1852. 



Isaac H. Meserve's Statement. 



The quantity of land on which I planted corn last spring, 

 measured 5| acres. In the spring of 1851, about one-half 

 of the piece was turned over and planted to corn, manured 

 with compost of meadow mad and night soil, about five cords 

 to the acre, and produced a very good crop. Last April I 

 ploughed the other half of the lot twelve inches deep, harrow- 

 ed it, then spread about six cords to the acre of compost of 

 meadow mud, barn and hog manure, then ploughed together 

 with the old ground cross- wise, without putting any manure 

 on the old ground. I then harrowed and planted on the 12th 

 and 17th days of May, putting one shovelful to three hills, of 

 a compost of street, hog manure and night soil, well mixed, 

 with four kernels in a hill. The top stalks were cut the 6th 

 and 7th of September ; I commenced harvesting the 24th of 

 September. The piece produced 390 baskets of good corn ; 

 one basket was shelled and measured 34 quarts ; there were 25 

 baskets of small corn, making 415 baskets, or a fraction over 

 76 1 bushels to the acre. The work was all done by inmates, 

 with the exception of a teamster, when the team was re- 

 quired. 



Brook Farm, Oct. 30, 1852. 



Hiram W. Joneses Statement. 



The half acre of beans entered by me for premium, was 

 raised on soil of sandy loam on which beans were grown last 

 year. 



The last of May one and a half cords of unfermented ma- 



