ON CROPS. 67 



Value of Crop, Sfc. 



Half the manure, . - - - g24 00 



105 bushels corn, a 80 c. - - 84 00 



3 J tons fodder, a $\0, - - - 35 00 



143 00 

 From which deduct expense of crop, - 84 00 



Nett profit, ;^59 00 



FRANCIS DODGE. 



North Danvers, Nov. 1841. 



I, James Flanders, measured the above corn, and tes- 

 tify that the number of bushels, as within stated, 105, was 

 raised from an acre of ground. 



JAMES FLANDERS. 



This may certify, that I measured and staked off the 

 above mentioned acre of ground. 



ANSEL W. PUTNAM. 



ENOCH DOLES STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Crops : 



I submit the following statement in relation to the acre 

 of corn I have entered for premium. 



The gruund is a sandy loam, upon the bank of Merri- 

 mack river, and occasionally flooded with water in hioh 

 freshets, perhaps as often as once in two or three years. 

 The ground was broken up in the spring of 1840 — ma- 

 nured in the hills only, with four cords of rotten manure 

 to the acre, and planted with corn ; crop about equal to 

 this year's. 



In 1841, the hills were split and harrowed once, and 

 seven cords of new manure spread upon the acre — the 

 ground ploughed and harrowed. It was then furrowed 



