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hill a small handful of aslics and ])laster ; planted by hand, first wcok 

 in May, with a kind that is call{3d " Fuller Corn," seven to eight 

 kernels in a hill. I cultivated one way with the cultivator, and hoed 

 twice ; cut stalks 15th of August and commenced harvesting Oct. 1st. 



Cost of seed and planting, 8 50 



** Weeding and hoeing, 7 50 



*' Manure, fifteen loads, 

 '* Harvesting, 

 ** Plowing and other preparation, 



!jp54 75 



128 50 

 9 00 

 25 



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GEORGE R. CARTER'S STATEMENT. 



CORN. 



The soil is clayey loam, the crop in 1865 was grass without 

 manure, and broken up seven inches deep in October, and cross plowed 

 first week in May, harrowed and furrowed 20th of that month, and 

 planted the day following with Randall & Jones' Corn Planter, one 

 peck of seed used, called the " Carter Corn," ; cultivated twice with 

 the cultivator one way, and once the other way ; hand hoed twice ; 

 used twenty loads of manure, ten of which were spread, and twelve in 

 the hill; cut the stalks Sept. 12th, and gathered the corn Oct. 12th. 



Cost of plowing, and other preparation, 8 00 



** Seed and planting, . 2 00 



" Cultivating, 6 00 



•' Harvesting and husking, 5 88 



Value of manure used, 33 00 



$54 88 



CYRUS KILBURN'S STATEMENT. 



CORN. 



The land on which my corn was raised is a sandy loam ; in 1864 it 

 was in corn, and in 1865, corn and potatoes ; spread and plowed in 

 about twenty loads of compost manure, and fifteen loads of like manure 

 was put in the hill with about 150 lbs. of super phosphate in the 

 manure; planted about 15th of May, by hand, with 5 or kernels to 



