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the manure was spread upon it, thus immediately burying the 

 manure beneath the sod. At the same season I broke up the re- 

 mainder of the corn ground. The manure used here in the au- 

 tumn (from my barn cellar) was a compound of meadow mud, 

 droppings from the cows, and one load of manure obtained at a 

 lead factory. Near the end of April, 1835, 1 spread 10 cords 

 of manure, from my barn cellar, upon the furrow of the three 

 fifths of the ground which received none in the autumn. This 

 was ploughed in with a horse — was ploughed across the fur- 

 rows, and the sod was not disturbed. The whole piece was 

 harrowed lengthwise the furrows. The field was so furrowed 

 that the rows one way were uniformly 3^ feet apart, and aver- 

 aged the same the other, but at one end of the field they were 

 more, and at the other less than 3^ feet apart one way. There 

 were 15,872 hills. I put into the hill on the whole piece, 

 about 16 cords of manure, which was mostly a mixture from the 

 barn cellar, the hog yard, and the stable. The >planting was 

 commenced May 6th, and completed May 12th. Seven ker- 

 nels of corn were put in each hill. On 75 poles, where the 

 rows were widest apart, I planted the Phinney corn, 1864 hills. 

 On the remainder of the piece (3^ acres and 26 rods) there 

 were 14,408 hills, planted with what we call brindled corn. 

 This is mostly eight rowed, has a large kernel, long ear, and 

 large stalk. 



On the greater part of this field the corn came up well, and 

 was subsequently but little injured. But on a portion of the 

 field (perhaps half an acre) where I put mostly stable manure 

 that was dry and heating, there was not a good come up, and 

 subsequently the birds, squirrels and worms did it considerable 

 injury. At the time of hoeing I planted beans in the n)issing 

 hills and those which had not more than two blades of corn. 

 Also in July 1 sowed turnip seed over a portion of the field, near 

 half an acre. In May I broke up the margins of this field, 

 and put there 6 or 7 cords of manure, much of it coarse — 

 all put in the hill. 



Early in June I harrowed between the rows both ways, with 

 a small liorse harrow, and hoed ; later in the same month, 



