()6 ON THE CULTIVATION OF CROPS. 



the cultivator, all its teeth excepting the centre one^ 

 and with that went through the rows the narrow^est way, 

 running that tooth deep, down through the sod. 21st 

 and 22d, again used the cultivator, and hoed. On the 

 30th, also, the ground being wet and cold, and the corn 

 small, put in the cultivator, and run it both wide and 

 deep as possible, making many of the hills shake as I 

 passed the teeth under them. July 6th, thinned to 

 three and four stalks in a hill, and used the cultivator. 

 Hoed 7th. 29th and 30th, sowed four bushels of rye, 

 and one of orchard grass-seed; harrowed between the 

 rows, and hoed, making the whole surface smooth and 

 flat. The field is intended for pasturage next sea- 

 son. 



Sept. 20th, cut up the corn, bound it in bundles, (puf- 

 ting about four hills to the bundle, and using rye straw 

 for bands) and'stooked on the same day, putting ten or 

 twelve bundles to a stook. The stocking consists solely 

 in standing up together, as uprightly as possible, the 

 proper number of bundles, and then putting around their 

 top two bands of rye straw. Thus placed, the corn 

 stands firmly, and cures well. Oct. 7th, housed the 

 corn; it was so dry that 1 packed away in solid mass 

 the whole that grew on the acre, and left it thus until 

 a more convenient husking time. On the 17th, 18th, 

 19th and 20th, the husking was performed, and (he 

 measuring was done. The measured piece yielded one 

 hundred and seven baskets of larger ears, and 10 of 

 smrller ones. Six baskets of the larger were weighed, 

 and the average net weight was forty-three and seven 

 eighths lbs.; two of the smaller gave the net of each 

 forty-one and three quarter lbs. When corn is cured in 

 stook, I find the small and late ears much better dried 

 than when the crop is left standing until harvest time. 

 If my casting is correct, the yield was five thousand one 

 hundred twelve and one eighth lbs. This,^ divided by 

 seventy-five, gives sixty-eight and one sixth'bushels, on 

 160,^0 square rods, or very nearly sixty-seven and 

 three quarter bushels per acre. 



This is no extraordinary crop, the amount alone be- 



