GRAIN CROPS. 



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State Board of Agriculture, on the 1st day of December, and 



that it was 5,640 pounds of shelled corn. 



Andrew H. Hall. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Albert Thomas. 



Indian Corn. — The land on which my corn grew contained 

 171 rods, and is a sandy loam. In grass, without manure, in 

 1865 and 1866 ; forty-five loads of barnyard manure, of thirty 

 bushels each, ploughed in seven inches deep May 5 ; the ground 

 harrowed and furrowed. Planted May 15 with one peck of 

 Whitman corn, putting in the hill a handful of hen-manure 

 and ashes mixed ; cultivated both ways twice, and hoed twice ; 

 harvested October 15. At the time of harvesting, the corn on 

 the cob weighed 52 pounds to the basketful, the basket being 

 filled 164 times, making in all 8,528 pounds, which, at 85 

 pounds to the bushel, (the old rule for weight at harvest 

 time,) gave 100|| bushels, being at the rate of 93^^ bushels 

 per acre, very nearly. An average basketful kept till December 

 2, and shelled, gave 38 pounds of corn and 6 pounds of cob, 

 making 6,232 pounds of corn, which, at 56 pounds to the 

 bushel, equals lll-5-f bushels, being about 104 bushels per 

 acre ; and 2|- tons of stover, worth $25. 



expenses. 



Ploughing, <fec., 



Manure, . 



Seed and planting. 



Cultivation, 



Harvesting, 



Total, 



879 50 



SUMMARY. 



lOOfl bushels of corn, at $1.50, 

 2-1- tons of stover, at 110.00, 



Expenses, as above, .. 

 Profit, 



)5 99 



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