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REPORT?. 



The amount of the crop was 1368 bushels oi ears by measure. 

 The amount of fodder was 20 tons by estimation. 



VALUE OF CROP. 



Corn 72,96 bushels per acre, 

 Fodder two tons per acre, 

 One third manure per acre, 



EXPENSES. 



Ploughing, harrowing and planting per acre, 



Manure and Fertilizers, 



Cultivation, 



Harvesting, 



$72,96 

 20,00 

 16,00 



$5,00 



48,00 



8,00 



12,00 



-$10.8,95 



73,00 



■ $33,96 

 M. SMITH. 



STATEMENT OF SAMUEL S. HIBBARD. 



To the Officers of the Hampshire County Agricultural Society. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to make the following report 

 respecting the crop of Indian Corn I entered for your premium : 



The piece contained by measure, exactly two acres. It was in 

 tobacco in 1863-4, and was manured with 25 loads of yard 

 manure to the acre. This year it received 1000 lbs. of Fish 

 Guano per acre, which was cultivated in after plowing. 



The land was prepared the 13th of May, and planted the 28th, 

 by hand. The rows three feet eight inches apart, and hills four 

 feet apart in the row. It was hoed three times and harvested the 

 21st of September, by cutting at the roots and stocking eight 

 bundles in a stock. It was shocked the third week in October, 

 threshed the last of November. The yield was 187 bushels or 

 93J bushela pesr acre; 



