16 



Acre No. 2 was raised on land in my own occupation, and was part 

 of an acre and a half raised in partnership with my son, Thomas C. 

 Dillon, who is a coal dealer in Amherst ; he furnishing seven and a half 

 cords of stable manure, mostly delivered and spread on the land, and 

 each party also furnishing 500 lbs. of Bradley's Complete Corn Manure. 

 The land was a sandy loam, and for several years the crop of grass had 

 barely paid for harvesting. Except as stated, and that the planting and 

 other processes were performed a few drys earlier, the cultivation of 

 acre No. 2 was precisely as described in the case of No. 1, and may be 

 summed up as follows : 



Plowing, harrowing, planting, cultivating and harvesting, $13 50 



333 lbs. Bradley's Complete Corn Manure, 6 66 



Husking 182 baskets at 3 cents, 5 46 



$25 62 



Two average rods, selected, harvested, husked and weighed by your 

 ■committee, yielded respectively, 47^, and 43^ lbs. an average of 45i 

 lbs. of ears. This would give a yield per acre of 7280 lbs. of ears, or 

 9 1 bushels of shelled corn. And by the same standard the yield of 

 Stover would be 8493 lbs. say 8^ tons, making my account with the 

 crop as follows : 



John C. Dillon in account with acre No. 2, Cr. 

 By 45|- bushels of Northern shelled corn (his half of the crop) 



at 40 cents per bushel, $18 20 



By 21- tons of Fodder at $6, 12 75 



Value of my half of crop, $30 95 



Deduct cost of labor and my share of fertilizer, 25 56 



Profit, $5 39 



This is not a large margin ; but it mast be borne in mind that the 

 price of corn is unusually low, and that nothing is allowed for the unex- 

 pended value of the manure, and in this connection it should be stated 

 that both pieces were sown to clover and grass at the last hoeing, and 

 give promise of an abundant yield of hay the next and several following 

 harvests. I exhibited specimens of this corn at the Fair, and was 

 awarded one first and one second premium. 



J. C. Dillon. 



