Ill 



• 

 Corn is worth as much as a fair crop of hay ; 2d. It will pay 

 for a farmer to raise his own Corn. 



In Mr. Day's statement, it will be noticed that one tenth 

 of the land was sowed with a sort of Oats which proved almost 

 a failure. 



The Committee unanimously award to Mr. Killam for his 

 crop of Corn, the premium of $10. 



They also unanimously award to Mr. Day, the offered pre- 

 mium of $8, for his crop of Oats. 



For the Committee — John Keely. 



STATEMENT OF OLIVER P. KILLAM. 



The land upon which was grown the crop of Corn which I 

 offer for premium, possesses a dark, gravelly, loamy soil ; and 

 in the years 1865 and 1866, English hay was raised upon the 

 same without the use of any manure. For a Corn crop, the 

 ground was ploughed once eight inches deep, just before plant- 

 ing, and 76 loads of manure turned under. The ground upon 

 which the Corn grew measures 3 3-4 acres. The land was 

 harrowed and furrowed, and manured in the hill with twenty 

 loads of compost. The cost of ploughing was $22 50 ; of 

 harrowing and furrowing, $10 ; and the value of the manure 

 — 24 cords— on the ground, was $192 00, The field was 

 planted from the 20th to the 30th of May, 3 1-2 feet apart 

 each way, with 37 1-2 quarts of yellow eight rowed Corn. — 

 The cost of seed and planting was $25. The field was culti- 

 vated three times each way, and hoed twice before haying, and 

 the weeds were also knocked out with hoes on the 10th of 

 August. The cost of cultivation, including weeding, thinning, 

 and clearing out weeds, was $30. The top stalks were cut off 

 from the 16th to the 21st of Sept., and the Corn was got in 

 and husked from the 20th of October to the 7th of November. 

 The cost of cutting and securing the stalks, was $15 ; of har- 

 vesting and husking, $35. Amount of Corn produced on 



