REPOETS. 



REPORT ON CORN. 



The following is a report for an acre of corn entered by me in the 

 Hampshire Agricultural Society for premium. 



I plowed the land in the fall of 1895. In the last of April 1896 

 went over it with a spring tooth harrow. The 1 1th and 12th of May 

 spread 4 tons of barn yard manure on the piece, worked it into the soil 

 with a wheel harrow, also went over the piece with the smoothing har- 

 row and lump-crasher ; then marked it out both ways to have the hills 

 and rows three and one-half feet apart. Dropped 300, lbs. of the 

 Great Eastern Fertilizer in the hill and planted it by hand with the 

 Golden Triumph Yellow Dent corn the 13th and 14th of May. Culti- 

 vated it both ways twice and hoed it twice. Sept. 17 James Comins 

 came staked out one square rod and Oct. 23, came and we husked and 

 weighed the ears, 60 lbs. Allowing that it would take 80 lbs. of the 

 ears to make a bushel of shelled corn when dried it would make 120 

 bushels shelled corn per acre. 



Dr. 

 Plowing, $2 00 



Drawing and spreading manure, 4 00 



Fitting the land. 3 00 



Cultivating and hoeing, 6 00 



Harvesting, 12 00 



One-fourth bnshel seed corn, 50 



One-half value of manure, 10 00 



Fertilizer, 4 50 



Use of land, 6 00 



