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Harrowing and cross harrowiug, 



Marking both ways, 



Seed and tarring, 



Planting, 



600 lbs. Lister's U. S. Phosphate, 



Hauling and dropping, 



Harrowing after planting, 



Cultivating 4 times, 



Hoeing twice. 



Culling and stooking, 



Drawing and husking, 



Total cost, 



Or. 

 By 1823^ bushels corn, at 65 cents, 

 400 lbs. pig corn, 

 6 tons fodder, at $7 per ton. 



Total value of two acres of corn. 

 Deduct cost, 



Profit, $56 09 



1 also attach some value to the lessons I have learned, and which I 

 now present to the Society and the public for what they are worth : 



1st. That for harrowing in manure and producing the fine tilth so 

 acceptable to corn in its early stages, there is no implement that even 

 approaches the Acme harrow. 



2nd. That it is unwise to plant corn iu places where there are 

 blackbirds without tarring it. 



3rd. That Macomber's hand corn planter will plant tarred corn 

 perfectly — much better than it can be done by hand and hoes, and 

 six times as fast. 



4th and lastly. That a pobr beginning sometimes makes a good 

 ending ; and that, if you make a mistake, the worst thing you can 

 do is to stand still and squizzle over it. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John C. Dillon. 



Amherst, Mass., Nov. 11th. 1887. 



The acre of corn I present for premium, was raised on land that 

 was in grass last year. It was plowed in the fall and well fertilized 



