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Threshed the barley in October ; had twenty-nine bushels on 

 the acre — fourteen and one-half bushels on each half acre. 



In July, 18G0, mowed the same, weighing the whole of each 

 half acre. The whole weighed 1,182 pounds, — the half acre 

 where the manure was spread and ploughed under weighing 

 five hundred ninety-six pounds, and other half acre five hun- 

 dred thirty-six pounds, leaving sixty pounds in favor of the 

 land where the manure was ploughed under the sward. 



It Avould appear from this experiment that spreading and 

 ploughing under for the long term produces the most, but for 

 immediate use it is best to spread on the surface. 



The above is a true statement of the crops. For further par- 

 ticulars, see Mr. Howland's report on the corn crop last year. 



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WORCESTER NORTH. 



Statement of Joseph Goodrich. 



The acre on which I raised my premium corn is a clayey 

 loam. It has been pastured for the last forty years. No 

 manure was applied in 1858 and 1859. It was plouglied only 

 once, about the middle of April, five to six inches deep ; har- 

 rowed thoroughly once ; furrowed one way about three and 

 one-half feet apart ; manured with about twenty-seven loads 

 compost, of about equal proportions of muck and droppings 

 from the cattle, composted in the barn cellar, about sixteen 

 loads spread and ploughed under, and eleven loads put in the 

 hill ; planted on the 5th and 7th of May by hand with six 

 quarts Carter corn in hills, averaging about two and one-half 

 feet apart ; hoed twice, ploughing in connection with the first 

 hoeing, and cultivated the second time ; had the top stalks cut 

 about the 14th of September. It was cut for husking about 

 the 29th of September. There are three apple trees on the 

 acre, and the corn under them was small. The cost of har- 

 vesting was increased in consequence of the storm and wind 

 prostrating the corn before topping. 



