OH 



Daniel Works' Statement. 



To plowing one acre for corn, ^1 50 



furrowing out the same, 42 



Spreading seven loads of manure, 1 00 



Planting the same, 3 50 



Hoeing the same twice, 5 00 



$11 42 



A part was planted the year before; the remainder, new 

 ground. One-half was manured with compost ; the other, 

 winter manure. 



Isaac B. Woodward's Statement. 



The field of corn I present for your consideration was 

 grown on one acre of land, and was treated in the following 

 manner : The ground was broken up about the middle of Sept. 

 1853, with the Michigan Double Plow. On the 15th of May 

 last the field was harrowed preparatory to cross -plowing, 

 planting, &c. Twenty-six loads of manure, (loads for a pair 

 of three years old steers,) were spread on and plowed in. The 

 field was furrowed but one way, the rows being placed about 

 3 3-4 feet apart. Nine small loads of compost were laid out, 

 putting a small shovelfull in each hill. Where no manure 

 was thus laid out, a little guano and plaster of Paris was 

 used. Finished planting the corn on the 27th of May. The 

 corn was hoed three times, using the common cultivator each 

 time, and going through once with the plow. The last hoe- 

 ing was simply to kill the weeds. Stalks were cut on the 

 16th and 25th of September. 



The cost of cultivation, «fec., stands as follows : 

 Thirty-five loads of manure, (allowing one-half for 



the benefit of the land, $17 50 



Harrowing, 1 00 



Spreading the manure, 1 00 



Plowing, 3 GO 



