ON GRAliN AND 311Xt:i) CRorS. 79 



This may certify that I have husked and measured the 

 foregoing quantities of corn, taken from the said ground, 

 and that the statement is true. 



WILLIAM L. FARNHAM. 



Newburyportj Nov. 21, 1844.. 



This may certify that at the request of Mr. William 

 Bartlet, I have surveyed a piece of land which was plant- 

 ed with corn the past season, and there was one acre 

 and sixty-nine rods. 



TRISTRAM LITTLE, Surveyor. 



Newbury, Nov. 6, 1844. 



J . HAMMOND C O G G E S H A L L ' 8 S T A T E M li N T . 



To the Committee on Grain Crops: 



Gentlemen, — I offer for premium a crop of barley, 

 one hundred and ninety-one and a half bushels of clean 

 grain, the product of three acres and eighty-five rods, as 

 per certificate annexed. The soil in which it grew is a 

 dark loam, ten or twelve inches deep, fine clay sub-soil. 

 In 1842 a good crop of barley was raised on the same 

 field — then about forty bbls. of fish were spread on the 

 stubble and ploughed in and a very heavy crop of tur- 

 nips grown in the fall. In 1843 a good crop of corn was 

 grown, manured in the hill with barn manure made un- 

 der the barn, a small shovel full to a hill, and in June 

 or July, two fish, (Menhaden,) were put by each hill and 

 covered with a hoe. For this crop which I offer, no ad- 

 ditional manure was applied. On the 15th of last April 

 the hills were split by one horse running a large plough 

 on each side of the corn stubble. The ground was 

 somewhat wet, but dried fast after breaking and without 

 clodding. It remained till the 18th, when it was fully 

 dry and was then harrowed across the furrow, tearing 

 up the corn stalks and levelling the furrows. Some parts 

 of the field were harrowed two or three times, and all 

 so much as to effectually pulverize the soil. The seed 

 was soaked from twelve to eighteen hours in a solution 

 of poudrette, (two qts. of poudrette to five gallons rain 



