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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Harvesting, 



Horse manure, three cords, . 



Two cords of manure put in the hill, 



Yalue of the crop : — 



771 bushels of corn, 

 Top stalks, . 

 But stalks, one ton, 

 Pumpkins, two cartloads, 

 One bushel of beans, . 



Net profit, 



Subtract profit on beans and pumpkins, 



Leaving ..... 



Raynham, 1854. 



$42 50 



- 97 50 



$55 00 



6 00 



$49 00* 



PLYMOUTH. 

 Statement of Spencer Leonard, Jr. 



Having entered as a competitor for the greatest crop of In- 

 dian corn on one acre, I will state that the ground produced a 

 crop of rye last year, and in September the stubble and weeds 

 were ploughed in and sown to rye ; and this year, in May, there 

 were nine cords of good stable manure spread and ploughed 

 in with the rye ; it was then well harrowed, and planted, May 

 22, with smutty-white, sometimes called Plymouth County, 

 corn, putting no manure in the hill. I do not think manure ap- 

 plied in the hill, in seasons like the present, of much advantage, 

 and in many of our sandy soils it is a positive injury. 



Immediately after planting, a handful of leached ashes was 

 applied on the top of each hill. It was cultivated four times 

 and hoed twice, and about the first of August the weeds were 

 pulled up. The stalks were cut about the middle of Septem- 

 ber. The seed was selected at the harvesting of my last year's 

 crop, taking the best ears from stalks which bore two or more 

 ears. 



