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ploughed one furrow in a row each way, harrowed each way, and 

 Iioed ; in July, (about the middle) harrowed half the piece one 

 way, and hoed ; the other half had a kw weeds pulled from 

 it, and that is all that was done. Where the harrow is used so 

 much it is but little work to hoe. The ground was kept almost 

 level — the hill is vei'i/ small. 



From the margins of this field I harvested 16 bushels of ap- 

 ples, 140 bushels of potatoes, IScwt. squashes, 2 bushels beans, 

 a few melons, and 8 bushels of early corn. From the other 

 part 1 obtained 40 bushels of turnips, (these mostly from 

 among the Phinney corn,) 4 bushels beans, 54 bushels of 

 ears of Phinney corn, and 655 bushels of ears of the brindled 

 corn. The corn ripened well, and was quite dry when harvest- 

 ed. The Phinney corn was ripe two or three weeks before 

 the other. 1 gathered it October 16th, and on the 17ih shelled 

 out two bushels of the ears, which gave me one bushel and 

 one quart of shelled corn. The yield was at the rate of a little 

 more than 59 bushels and 23 quarts per acre. The biindled 

 corn was gathered the last week in October, and Oct. 31st I 

 shelled out two bushels of the ears of this kind, and obtained 

 more than one bushel and two quarts of shelled corn. The 

 yield (on the 3j- acres and 26 rods) was at the rate of a very 

 small fraction more than 95 bushels to the acre. The fodder 

 was, I judge, equal in worth to 6 tons of hay. 



In this field I growed 17 different varieties of potatoes : nine 

 of them, making 23 bushels, were from seeds obtained by plant- 

 ing balls in 1833 ; some of these promise to be worth culti- 

 vating. 



Part of my corn land, both last year and the present, was pre- 

 pared by turning manure under the sod, and part by spreading it 

 upon the furrows and then ploughing it in. I have been unable 

 to perceive that either of these methods is more favorable to the 

 growth of corn than the other. 



I have half an acre of groimd on which in both 1834 and 

 1835 I growed corn to be cut up and given to my cows while 

 green. Last spring [ spread upon this about three cords of ma- 

 nure, and ploughed it in ; furrowed 3 feet apart one way ; sow- 



