78 ON GRAIN AND MIXED CROPS, 



by the sub-soil ploiigli, drawn l)y one yoke of oxen and 

 one horse, which stirred the ground from five to eight 

 inches deep, so that I concluded that the land was loos- 

 ened twenty inches deep, after it was ploughed. It was 

 harrowed four times, for the purpose of breaking the 

 sods; then planted ; the rows four feet apart lengthwise, 

 and three and one half feet apart breadthwise, and 

 there were planted five thousand one hundred and fifty 

 hills. The lumps were broken by the hoe as soon as 

 the corn came up, and subsequently hoed three times. 

 The corn was topped between the 25th of Sept. and the 

 1st of October, and was harvested between the 18th and 

 25th of Oct. The quantity was two hundred and fifty- 

 three bushels of ninety ears each, forty-one traces of fifty 

 ears selected as the best, two hundred and six double ears, 

 and five baskets mouldy and imperfect corn. One hundred 

 and ninety ears of the average quality of corn make a 

 bushel of shelled corn, and one hundred and seventy to 

 one hundred and eighty of the selected ears make a 

 bushel of shelled corn. I have put them down at one 

 hundred and eighty, but it does not take so much, as I 

 have shelled a half bushel from eighty ears of the best. 



The certificate of Mr. Little does not state the accu- 

 rate quantity of land, as he made a mistake, in casting 

 the measurement, of five rods too little, the true quantity 

 being two hundred and thirty-four rods, instead of two 

 hundred and twenty-nine. The quantity of corn grown 

 on two hundred and thirty-four rods of land, estimating 

 one hundred and ninety ears of the average to produce 

 a bushel, one hundred and eighty ears of the traces, 

 the five baskets of unripe corn at two bushels, and two 

 hundred and six double ears one bushel, gives one hun- 

 dred and thirty-four bushels for the whole, or ninety- 

 one and a half bushels per acre. The number of kernels 

 put in a hill was five. 



The above crop of corn I offer for premium, — ninety- 

 one and a half bushels. 



I am respectfully, your obedient servant, 



w M. bartlt:t. 



Newburyport, Nov. 20, 1844. 



