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cut lip and harvest, finishing- tlie 1st of Oct. The amount of 

 t'orn raised was one lunidred bushels, eiglity poimds to the 

 buslicl and eight pounds over ; top stalks, two tons ; butt 

 stalks, five tons. 



It should be remarked that upon eight rows, one hundred 

 hills in length, fifty pounds of Bradley's Superphosphate were 

 aised in the hill ; the same number of rows and hills Avere left 

 without any special manure, and ashes were used upon six 

 rows, one hundred hills in length. The crop upon the eight 

 rows Avhere the superphosphate was used yielded one hundred 

 and eighty pounds more than the eight rows where no special 

 jjianure was used. Upon the six rows where Avood ashes was 

 used, tlie yield Avas one hundred pounds more than upon the 

 :same number of hills Avliere no extra manure Avas used. One 

 half pint of ashes Avas used in the hill. The land upon 

 •fcThick this experiment Avas made Avas selected Avith special 

 <care, that it should be as nearly alike in character and situa- 

 tion as possible. 



The corn Avas quite dry, so that it shelled from the cob in 

 Iiarvesting and husking. One bushel of 80 pounds Avas shell- 

 ed and ground the 17th of October; the shelled corn Aveighcd 

 i>4 lbs. ; and the miller avIio ground it — a man of mature judg- 

 ment — Avas of the opinion that it Avould not shrink more than 

 two pounds, so that the value of the crop is actually more 

 vthan ffiven in the account. 



EXPEXSE or CRor. 

 Cost of ploAving, 

 Value of manure on the ground. 

 Cost of seed and planting. 

 Cost of cultivation. 

 Cost of harvesting and storing. 

 Cost of superphosphate and ashes. 



$115 1() 



