120 mi Am CROPS. 



The cost of raising said crop was as follows : 



To one day's work of myself and one yoke of oxen, $3.00 



Cost of seed at 80 cents per bushel, 3.20 

 To one day's work of myself, man, and one yoke of oxen, 



sowing, harrowing and rolling, 3.00 



To cradling, binding, getting in, 3.00 



To thrashing, cleaning, etc., 3.00 



Profit of crop, $46.48. 

 North Andover, Oct. 2.5, 1855. 



$15.20 



COMMUNICATION OF JOHN W. PROCTOR. 



Mr. Dodge, Sec'y :— 



Herewith please receive a specimen of Stebbins Corn, so called, 

 the seed of which came to me in May last, from Moses Stebbins, 

 Esq., of South Deerfield, in Hampshire county, one of the most en- 

 terprising farmers in the valley of the Connecticut. I first saw 

 this variety of corn the last autumn, at the exhibition in Amherst, 

 where it was viewed with marked approbation. The same variety 

 has been grown by a dozen or more farmers in Danvers and vicinity 

 the present season ; and is uniformly spoken well of. This speci- 

 men grew on the farm of John Jacobs, of Danvers, a good cultiva- 

 tor, — who will be pleased to furnish some of the same kind to those 

 who may want it. I have no story to tell of the extraordinary 

 products of this corn. I can only say, that several of my neighbors,' 

 whose judgment is most worthy of regard in matters relating to 

 farm culture, think it equal to any variety they have seen, and 

 worthy of an extended trial. The ears are remarkably well filled 

 out, close set, and the kernel is handsome. Let those who are 

 wilUng to make improvements in the culture of this most valuable 

 of all the crops grown on our New England farms, make the 

 experiment. There is no food that I value higher than a breakfast 

 of Johnny-cake with good butter, and«a nice cup of coffee with a 

 sufficiency of cream. 



South Danvers, Nov. 15, 1855. 



