These calculations seem to show that in spite of appearances my 

 experiment in co-operative planting was a fortunate and profitable 

 one. It may be contended that my saving my rye crop was entirely 

 accidental, and distinct from the question of profit and loss on the 

 corn crop. But it was not more accidental than the premature 

 freeze ; and the fact remains that I am at least $100 better than I 

 should have been if I had plowed in the ry^e and planted the corn, 

 buying my own fertilizer, and then losing more than half the crop by 

 frost. 



I have also learned two lessons from this years' experience : — 



First, that it is not absolutely safe to plant even early corn as late 

 as the first week in June. 



Second, that a killing frost ma}^ come a fortnight before the full 

 moon in September. 



John C. Dillon. 



Amherst, Mass., Oct. 29th, 1883. 



