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germs of weeds which may have started to grow, but does not 

 disturb or injure the corn. It is a peculiar feature of the Acme 

 harrow, with sulky attachment, that it can easily and instanta- 

 neously be set to cut anywhere from half an inch to five inches 

 deep, and that at any and all depths, it is a perfect pulverizing 

 harrow, clod crusher and leveler. All three pieces were cultiva- 

 ted three times and hoed once, and at the second cultivation re- 

 ceived another dressing of fertilizer similar to the one described. 

 All three pieces gave excellent crops of corn : but through the 

 mistake of a Polish boy who worked for me, in setting up the 

 corn, I can only give the yield of Plot No. 3. This was 46 1-2 

 pounds of very sound, well ripened corn on a rod, or at the rate 

 of 106 2-7 bushels, of 70 pounds of corn on the cob, to the acre. 



This " Self-Husking " seems to me a very valuable variety. It 

 is very prolific of ears, producing often two and sometimes three 

 good ears on a stalk ; and though not planted till the first of 

 June the whole crop matured perfectly in this exceptionally cold, 

 wet season. 



The other kinds yielded fully as large crops ; but a considera- 

 ble proportion of the Angel of Midnight, and a small proportion 

 of the Ohio Dent failed to mature perfectly. 



The crop on an acre and half of cold, clay land, which I 

 planted about the same time with early Canada corn, with fifteen 

 cords of clear stable manure, spread and harrowed in, and 300 

 pounds Superphosphate in the hills was almost a perfect failure. 



John C. Dillon. 

 Amherst, 31st Oct. 1888. 



The acre of corn I present for premium was raised on light 

 land that has been in grass for a number of years. It was 

 plowed in the spring and well fertilized with stable manure, 

 with Chittenden's Grain Grower in the hill. It was well tended 

 with horse and hand hoes. 



One rod was picked Oct. 15th, and weighed 42 pounds. At 

 70 pounds to the bushel this equals 96 bushels to the acre. 



Respectfully, 



L. W. West. 



