87 



Smoothing — man and horse, .30 

 June 14. Cultivating— man, boy and horse, two 



and one-half hours, .75 

 3-50 lbs. Bay State Super-phosphate, at 



two cents, 7.00 

 Replanting, and putting on Phospliate, 



man, six hours, .60 

 Cultivating — man, boy and horse, two 



and one-halt' hours, .75 

 Cultivating — man, boy and horse, one 



and one-quarter hours, .38 



Hoeing — man, one day, 1.00 



Cultivating — man, boy and horse, .75 



Weeding, .50 



Sept. 27. Cutting and stooking, 4.00 



Oct. 16. Getting in and husking, 14.00 



.43 



Cr. 



6^ tons stover, at i7 per ton, $45.50 



94 bush, corn, at 75 cents per bushel, 71.50 



Cost of corn, 111 cents per bushel. -'1117.00 



STATEMENT OF H. W, LONGFELLOW OF NEWBURY. 



I have entered, to compete for the Society's premium, 

 " for the best conducted experiment of Indian Corn," one 

 acre of my corn-field : 



The last cultivated crop raised on this land, was in the 

 year 1875, when it received as a dressing, 1000 pounds 

 super-phosphate, and no manure or phosphate has been put 

 on it since. In 1876, it was laid down, and has been in 

 grass ever since. Last spring, it was broken up, plowed 

 six inches deep, the last week in May, and 900 pounds of 

 Standard phosphate was sown broadcast, on the furrow, 

 and at once harrowed in, with the Randall harrow. The 

 rows were marked both ways, three and one-half feet 

 apart, and the corn planted, June 6th, using 400 pounds 

 phosphate in the hills — making a total of 1300 pounds for 



