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Cost of ploughing, harrowing, <fec., . 



manure, ...... 



seed and planting, .... 



cultivation, ...... 



Total, exclusive of harvesting, .... $71 82 



Product, as ascertained by the committee, November 10 : 

 Thirty-eight pounds shelled corn per square rod, or 10,309 

 pounds the lot, equal to 184 bushels, or 108 bushels per acre, 

 allowing fifty-six pounds per bushel. 



It will be seen that I make no reserve in my estimate for the 

 value of the manure for after crops, for really I do not know 

 how to estimate it ; and besides, if we reserve for manure, I do 

 not see why we should not also make an allowance for the 

 improvement of the land by ploughing and cultivating. Indi- 

 viduals estimate these matters so differently, I thinlv it better 

 to leave the whole subject in the hands of tlie committee, 

 believing they will deal justly with the competitors. 



[Note. — Mr. Carter repeated, on tliis field, his expei-imont of 1856, by har- 

 vesting three lots, of one hundred hills each, in three different ways. The 

 date of harvesting, husking, and shelling being the same in each of the three 

 lots. 



After husking, the ears were spread about six inches deep, and so remained 

 until shelled. The result was as follows : — 

 Lot No. 1. — Cut up whole and stooked. 



Weight of ears, 189 lbs. ; of corn, 139 lbs. ; of cobs, 24 lbs. 

 Shrinkage, 26 lbs., or 14 per cent. 

 Lot No. 2.— Top stalks cut. 



Weight of ears, 200 lbs. ; of corn, 155 lbs. ; of cobs, 26 lbs. 

 Shrinkage, 19 lbs., or 9^ per cent. 

 Lot No. 3. — Left standing whole. 



Weight of ears, 196 lbs. ; of corn, 141 lbs. ; of cobs, 23 lbs. 

 Shrinkage, 32 lbs., or 16 per cent. 

 As in 1856, so now, the corn which had the top stalks cut weighed most at 

 harvesting, and shrunk least before shelling. 



The lots for the above trial were selected by Col. Phillips, when examining 

 the field for the committee, of which he was chairman.] 



