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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Produce, 6,470 lbs. of cars of corn, weighed October 6th ; 

 and about three and one-fourth tons stover. 



Statement of Albert Stratton. 



The acre where my corn grew, is a light, gravelly loam, 

 on a steep side hill ; has been used for pasture land for 

 many years ; no manure was applied in 1858 and 1859. It 

 was ploughed once on the 1st of May, seven to eight inches 

 deep, and being hard to apply barn manure to, I used guano, 

 four hundred pounds, broadcast, harrowed in before planting ; 

 harrowed twice, and marked for planting one way ; applied one 

 hundred and fifty pounds Coe's super-phosphate of lime in the 

 hill, and two hundred pounds plaster ; planted May 24th and 

 25tli in hills, by hand hoe, four quarts Carter corn ; ploughed 

 and hoed twice ; harvested October 29. 



Cost of ploughing, &c., 

 manure, 



seed and planting, 

 cultivation, . 

 harvesting, . 



Total, 



840 10 



Produce, 5,072 pounds of ears of corn, weighed October 30 ; 

 and I should judge two tons of stover. 



The result of the application of guano, and super-phosphate 

 and plaster, proved beyond my expectation. 



Statement of Solon Carte?'. 

 The acre on which my corn grew, was in grass, without 

 manure, in 1858 and 1859 ; is a springy, stiff, clayey loam ; 



