INDIAN CORN. 105 



DEERFIELD VALLEY. 



Statement of Frederick W. Hawks of Charlemont. 



The amount of land upon which the crop of corn was 

 grown, was one acre ; the soil heavy, sancty loam. The crop 

 of 1874 was grass ; no manure was used that year. The crop 

 of 1875 was grass, and no manure used. In preparing my 

 ground for the present crop, I ploughed once, five inches 

 deep, and harrowed once with Randall's pulverizing harrow. 

 Cost of ploughing and other preparations, $3.50. I used 22 

 loads, of 30 bushels each, of sheep manure ; this was spread 

 evenly upon the surface, and worked into the soil with the 

 pulverizing harrow. The value of the manure upon the 

 ground was $42. I planted the 17th of May, by hand; cost 

 of seed and planting, $3 ; distance in rows, 3| feet; hills, 2\ 

 feet ; cultivated three times with a common cultivator, twice 

 with Ross's horse-hoe, and once by hand. Cost of cultiva- 

 tion, $6. Harvested the 28th of August. 



Cost of Crop. 



Cost of ploughing, planting, cultivating, etc , . . . . $12 50 



Cost of harvesting, husking, etc., 10 00 



Manure removed by crop, 21 00 



Total cost of production, $43 50 



Value of Crop. 



95 bushels shelled corn, at 80 cents per bushel, . . . $76 00 

 4,000 pounds of fodder, 15 00 



Total, $91 00 



Profit, $47 50 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of George W. Humphrey of Rochester. 



Grain Crops. — Mr. Humphrey planted about fourteen 

 acres to corn, about one-half being a heavy, gravelly loam, 

 and the balance mostly a light, sandy soil. The larger part 



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