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One acre, 5,867 feet of Indian Corn on land which yielded 

 a very light crop of Hungarian grass in 1877, without any 

 manure or fertilizer. In 1878 it was manured with seven bags 

 Stockbridge corn fertilizer, sown broadcast and harrowed in 

 by Randall wheel harrow, and also two bags of same fertilizer 

 in the drill. My charges are the same as I have already 

 stated for the other field. 



Men. Horses, 



h. m. h. ta. 



Ploushing 7 34 15 8,$ 2 2S 



9 bags Stockbridge corn fertilizer (2 iu drill) 45 00 



Spreading fprtilizer 1 42 26 



Harrowing (Randall), lapping one-half 1 42 3 24 32 



Harrowing (straight tools), " ■» " 1 42 3 24 32 



Sowing seed and fertilizer at the same time (Ross Machine),.. 3 24 1 42 64 



Seed • 30 



2cultivatings with- Scarifier"...! 6 48 3 24 128 



1 hilling ( Ross Machine) 3 24 1 42 64 



Harvesting 1 load tops 39 6 6 30 



Harvesting 6 loads corn and butts 12 8 2 40 



Husliing 184 busliids, at 6 cents per bushel 4 11 04 



Interest and taxes 3 67 



$74 45 

 1,848 pounds tops 

 6,070 pounds butts 



7,918 pounds stover at $6 per ton 23 75 



|184 bushels corn on cob < |50 70 



Equal to 1 bushel corn costing 27 1-2 cents. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Francis H. Appleton. 



Peabody, Nov., 1878. 



STATEMENT OF BENJAMIN P. WARE. 



To the Committee on Experiments vditli Manures: — The 

 land taken for my experiment with fertilizer, this year, is the 

 same acre that was used for my experiment last year ; this 

 making the third year that it has been planted with corn, and 

 only chemical fertilizers used. To this land I have added 

 one-half an acre adjoining of the same quality of land. Last 

 year this half acre was planted with corn and peas on a fair 

 dressing of barnyard manure. The whole has been planted 

 and cultivated by the Ross system of implements, which re- 

 quires no hand labor except once weeding, and with that the 

 field has been clean of Aveeds. By this system the cost of 

 cultivating is very much reduced. 



