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that this piece of land is about eighty rods in length, 

 next the river, and, for rather more than two rods in 

 width, the soil is quite light, and also shaded with 

 trees and bushes, so that probably on an acre or 

 more it did not yield over ten bushels per acre. It 

 is supposed that two acres yielded but little if any 

 short of forty bushels per acre. But our arrange- 

 ments were such that we could not separate it. 

 Yours respectfully, 



SAMUEL STUART, 



Superintendent. 

 Haverhill, September 29, 1840. 



DANIEL PUTNAMS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Grain Crops. 



Gentleinien — I offer for premium a crop of Indian 

 corn, obtained from one hundred and eighty seven 

 poles of land, and measuring ninety three bushels ; 

 making eighty bushels to an acre. It was an eight 

 rowed corn, large kernel ; and the most of it of a 

 redish color. 



The soil on which it grew, was a dark loam, with 

 a gravelly subsoil. About one third of the land was 

 planted with corn last year, the remainder was grass 

 land; about half of this was ploughed in the autumn 

 of 1839; at the time of ploughing, manure from the 

 barn cellar, at the rate of about four cords to the acre, 

 was ploughed in, the rest was ploughed in the spring 

 and manured the same. The new ground was roll- 

 ed, and compost manure, at the rate of about four 

 cords per acre, spread on the whole and harrowed 

 in. No manure was put in the hill, it was all spread. 

 The corn was planted about three ^eei and four in- 

 ches apart. In cultivating it a small horse harrow 

 was used; the ground was kept as level as possible; 



