INDIAN CORN. 



167 



NANTUCKET. 



Statement of E. W. Gardner. 



The acre of land which I selected for an experimental crop of 

 corn, and entered for premium, is at Cambridge, west of the 

 barn. It is composed of sand and gravel, and is worth $10 per 

 acre. It has been in grass seven or eight years, without any 

 manure, and last year did not produce five hundred pounds of 

 hay. It was ploughed eight inches deep, and harrowed on the 

 2d and planted on the 6th of May, with Nantucket corn, five 

 kernels in a hill, and occasionally a pumpkin seed. The hills 

 were three feet apart each way, and received twenty-four horse- 

 cart loads of manure from the barn cellar. On the 8th of June , 

 it was cultivated and hoed, and again on the 26tli. On July 

 23d it was hoed, and French turnip seed planted in the hills 

 where the corn was missing. The top stalks were cut September 

 23d, and weighed and put into the barn October 26th. The 

 corn was cut up October 30th, and husked. November 6th, 

 fifty pounds of ears were shelled, and produced thirty-eight 

 pounds of corn, and twelve pounds of cob. 



The cost of cultivation, and the products and their valuation, 

 were as follows, viz. : — 



VALUE OF CROP. 



1,160 pounds top stalks, 

 2,365 " husks, &c., . 

 2,948 " or 40 bushels of corn, 

 101 " hog corn, 

 2 cartloads pumpkins, . 

 1 cartload turnips, 

 Manure in the ground, 



EXPENSE OP CROP. 



Ploughing and harrowing, .... 

 40 hours' labor for one man, and 16 hours' labor 

 for one horse, manuring and planting, 



24 loads of manure, 



17 quarts seed, 



Cultivating and hoeing, 



$61 62 



$3 00 



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