162 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Half the manure, ..... 

 Carting and spreading manure, and planting, 

 Ploughing and hoeing, .... 

 Cutting stalks and harvesting, 



Value of crop : — 



76| bushels of corn, at $1, 



Stalks and husks, . 



90 871 



Subtract cost of crop, .... 38 80 



Profit, . 



Needham, October 25, 1854. 



Statement of C. Breck. 



[The committee on grain crops have received the following 

 letters from Mr. Charles Breck, which are considered worth 

 publishing — inasmuch as they show an extraordinary yield of 

 corn that was raised without special effort, and with no view 

 to a premium :] — 



Mr. Merrick, — 



Sir : — I promised to send you an account of two rare pieces 

 of corn which were raised in my vicinity the present year. 

 The first was raised by Messrs. E. and J. Sias on a farm for- 

 merly belonging to H. Inches, Esq. As the land was rough 

 and rocky, and as nothing extra was expected, no particular 

 account was kept. Noticing that it was more than a usual 

 crop, I requested Mr. Sias to keep an accurate account of the 

 quantity ; which he did. There were one hundred and seventy- 

 eight baskets of ears. On the 25th of October I assisted in 

 weighing some of the shelled corn, and found that a basketful 

 of cars gave thirty-six and one-fourth pounds of corn and ten 

 and three-fourths pounds of cobs. We then took the same 

 weight of corn on the car (forty-seven pounds) and laid it by 

 itself to dry more if it would. November 14 I weighed this same 



