100 ON CIJLTIVATION OF CROPS. 



at the last time of hoeing, hay-seed was sown, it 

 came up well, and promises well for a good crop. 

 Yours respectfully, 



DANIEL PUTNAM. 



Danvers, December 30, 1840. 



W I L L I A 1\I W I L L I A M S S STATEMENT. 



To the. Committee on the Cultivation of Crops. 



Gentlemen — The field of corn which I cultivated 

 the present season, contained one acre, fifty four 

 rods, as measured by Mr. Northend. The produce 

 of the lot was one hundred and eight bushels of good 

 sound corn, not including the pig corn. It was 

 measured by Frederick Rogers. This field had 

 been laid dov/n to grass, for eight or nine years, and 

 no manure applied during that time. I ploughed it 

 in the early part of May, 1839, cutting the furrows 

 from six to seven inches deep, and planted it with 

 corn, applying about eight cords of barn yard ma- 

 nure, and raised thereon eighty five bushels of sound 

 corn. I again ploughed it the present season, with 

 one yoke of oxen, once, and harrowed it smooth, 

 and then furrowed it about three and a half feet each 

 way, and applied twenty cart loads, or about ten 

 cords, of barn yard manure in the hills. The kind 

 of corn planted was what we call the eight rowed 

 yellow corn, large kernel and small cob ; yielding 

 four or five quarts more than a bushel, from two 

 bushels of ears. It was hoed three times, very lit- 

 tle hill made to it, having learned by experience 

 that there is no benefit derived from making hills 

 about the corn. When ripe, I cut it up close to the 

 ground ; the fodder pays well for cutting it up. 

 Considering the quality of the soil, and the manner 

 in which it has been neglected in years past, it is 



