PLYMOUTH SOCIETY. 497 



Martin Leonardos Statement. 



The land on which I raised the acre of Indian corn, for 

 which I entered my claim for a premium, is a sandy loam, 

 mowed for three years past without any top-dressing, and pro- 

 ducing about 15 cwt. of hay to the acre. Last May, carted on 

 fourteen cords of coarse stable manure, and spread evenly, and 

 ploughed it under eight inches deep ; I then harrowed smooth, 

 and furrowed three feet five inches apart one way. Then I 

 dropped the corn in the furrows, three corns in a hill, twenty 

 inches apart, and planted the 24th of May ; and soon after, 

 dropped a small handful of ashes, mixed with plaster, on each 

 hill ; went through with a cultivator three times, and hoed 

 twice. On the 12th, of October, the supervisor selected two 

 rods, from different parts of the piece, which weighed 50 pounds 

 and 6 ounces to the rod ; making, at 85 pounds to the bushel, 

 94|| bushels on the acre ; which, at 75 cents, is $71 12 



Expenses : — 

 14 cords manure, at $3 per cord, . . $42 00 



Carting and spreading the same, 

 Ploughing, harrowing and furrowing, . 

 Planting, $1 25; seed corn, 50 cts. ; . 

 10 bushels ashes, $1 50 ; plaster, $1 ; drop- 

 ping, 50 cts., ..... 

 Cultivating and hoeing, .... 



Deducting one-half manure, not exhausted, 



Net profit, $31 37 



1 consider the fodder to pay for harvesting and interest on 

 the land. 



Jonathan Copeland\s Staieinent. 



m 

 The three acres of land on which my corn was grown is a 

 yellow loam, an old field considered worn out. I bought it, 

 several years ago, for $15 25 ^Der acre. The last of April and 

 first of May, we put on forty-live loads of manure from my 

 barn cellar, probably forty cubic feet in a load ; also two tons 

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