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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



in November last, with Prouty & Mears's No. 3G plough. Iu 

 May I harrowed across the furrows. I used four and one-half 

 cords of unfermented manure, putting it all in the hill. On the 

 whole field the furrows for planting were two feet six inches 

 apart each way from the centre. Commenced planting the 

 small, eight-rowed, yellow corn on the 24th of May, putting 

 four or five kernels in a hill. A cultivator was passed between 

 the rows before hoeing. The corn was hoed twice. The sur- 

 face of the ground was left level. I should have said before 

 that the ground was ploughed eight inches deep. The stalks 

 were cut the first week in September. On the 7th of October 

 Messrs. Sawyer and Merrick selected one rod, which was con- 

 sidered a fair sample of the field. The corn, when shelled, 

 measured sixteen quarts, and weighed twenty-seven pounds. 

 At fifty-six pounds to the bushel, (the society's standard,) this 

 would give seventy-seven and one-seventh bushels per acre. 



The expense of the crop was as follows, namely : — 



Interest on value of land, 

 Taxes, .... 

 3* cords of manure, at $4, 

 8 " « « $5, 



Carting and applying manure, 

 Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Furrowing and planting, 

 Seed, twenty-one quarts, 

 Crow line round the field, 

 Cultivating and hoeing, . 

 Cutting and binding stalks, 

 Harvesting, . 



Cost, 

 The value of the crop is as follows :- 



$1SG 94 



