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 Statement on Corn., by West Brothers. 



Committee on Crops, Gentlemen : — 



The land we planted with corn was one-half 

 planted last 3'ear and one-half pastured ; plowed in Maj-, and planted 

 very late ; cut and stacked the first of October, and iiusked the 

 twenty-ninth. 



The land measured one acre ; planted five rows to the rod each 

 way. The corn was husked in a two-bushel basket, the number of 

 baskets counted and five of them weighed, which averaged eightj'-one 

 pounds. There were sixt^'- three baskets of sound corn and little over 

 a bushel of soft corn, equal to seventy-four bushels of corn per acre, 

 allowing seventy pounds for a bushel. Allowing the stover for harvest- 

 ing, the account will stand as follows : — 



Dr. 

 Plowing, ' $1 50 



Harrowing. 75 



Marking, 2g 



Fertilizer, 3 00 



Planting, 1 50 



Cultivating, 2 50 



Hoeing twice, 4 00 



Use of land, 6 00 



$19 50 

 Cr. 

 By 74 bushels at 85 cents, ^Q2 90 



Respectfull3- submitted, 

 Hadley, Oct. 23, 1881. WEST BROTHERS. 



Statement on Corn, by E. G. Parker 



To THE Committee on Crops, Gentlemen : — 



The acre of corn which I enter for premium is a 

 moist sand}' loam. It had borne grass since 1874 without manure, 

 and the yield of last year was about half a ton. Plowed in the spring 



