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May 27, with a Weiard plow, with jointer, turuing in a hixuriaut 

 growth of sorrel and an occasional tuft of clover, harrowed with the 

 Acme harrow, marked the piece in rows three feet apart both ways, 

 and planted it May 19th, with Macomber's Hand Corn Planter, set- 

 ting the planter to drop five kernels in each hill. My hired boy was 

 just one hour and thirty-five minutes planting the acre, and I think 

 the work was better done than it could possibly be done by hand and 

 hoe. 



On the 21st of May, I manured the corn with a well rotted compost 

 made from barn manure, light soil, heii manure, and loam, and cost- 

 ing about five dollars a ton. Of this we put about a pound and a half 

 on each hill, and then harrowed the field again wilh the Acme harrow. 

 This second harrowing worked the manure into the soil directly over 

 the seed, and left the whole piece in the finest possible condition of 

 tilth. As I knew from previous experience would be the case, this 

 harrowing did not in any way disturb or hurt the corn, which came 

 up strong and regular ; but some pumpkin seeds, which I planted with 

 the hoe, were torn up and scattered. The piece was cultivated each 

 way about the 28th of June, and the corn thinned to three stalks in 

 the hill.. About the 12th of July I sowed on 500 lbs. Lister's U. S. 

 Phosphate, costing eight pollars, cultivated the piece both ways, and 

 hand hoed it, or rather went over the piece with hand hoes, cutting or 

 pulling an occasional weed out of the hills. 



The result was a good crop. Fifty-four bushels hard, sound, shell- 

 ed corn, by measurement, and about two bushels pig corn. I esti- 

 mate the stover at 3500 lbs. worth ten dollars per ton. 



The following is my account with the crop : 



Corn Crop, Dr. in account with John C. Dillon, Cr. 



To rent of land, $ 3 50 



7260 lbs. compost, at $5 per ton, 18 15 



500 lbs. Lister's U. S. Phosphate, 8 00 



Seed and labor, 20 00 



Total, 



Cr. 

 By 54 bushels corn, at 60 cents, 

 2 bushels pig corn, at 20 cents, 

 3500 lbs. stover, at $10 per ton, 



Value of crop. 

 Deduct cost, 



Profit, $ 65 



