INDIAN CORN. 



101 



INDIAN COEN. 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH. 



Statement of Sturtevant Brothers of South Framingham. 



The eight-acre field which we offer for your consideration, 

 in competition for the premium offered for the best experiment 

 in raising corn, is the same field which received the first pre- 

 mium last year, and its history is furnished in last year's 

 report, to which we refer you. 



We consider the fact that this field was in corn last year as 

 part of an experiment, testing the values of commercial fer- 

 tilizers for the farmer's use. The crop reported last year was 

 82| bushels, and the fertilizer used was the Stockb ridge 

 formula for corn, at an expense of $30.70 an acre. 



We commenced operations this spring on April 3, and on 

 this day and April 12 we broadcasted 2,158 pounds of aramo- 

 niated superphosphate, at an expenditure for labor of eight 

 hours of man and sixteen hours of horse. May 1, we com- 

 menced ploughing, using the gang plough, and this took 22| 

 hours of man and forty-five hours of horse labor. As this 

 was experimental work, more time was occupied than other- 

 wise would have been necessary. May 11 and 17, we 

 expended eighteen hours of man and thirty-six hours of 

 horse labor in broadcasting, and 14|- hours of man in hill 

 distribution of the following fertilizer : — 



Sulphate ammonia, 



Dried blood, 



Muriate potash, . 



Nitrate of soda, . 



Rectified guano, 



Sulphate of potash, 



Ammoniated superphosphate, 



The cost of this fertilizer was $336.86 for the whole field, 

 or $42.10 per acre. This fertilizer was harrowed in, the 



