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First hoeing, ' 2,50 



Second hoeing, 3,50 



Third hoeing, 2,00> 

 (One-half at least of the last two charges should 



be placed to the account of beans.) 



Cutting and securing stalks, 2,00 



Harvesting corn, 8,00 



$85,62 

 Tou can tell what I raised, and perhaps the benefit 

 the labor and manure will be to the after crops. 



There is a difference of opinion and practice among 

 our farmers as to the best way of securing the corn crop^ 

 Some hold to the old way of cutting stalks, &c.; some 

 think it better to cut at the root and stook, and others 

 think that all should stand till it is fit to harvest. 



I am trying a hundred hills in each of the above ways, 

 and if desired, can give you, at some future time, the 

 result of the trial.^ 



* Mr. Carter, under date of Dec. 20tb, gives the result as follows : 

 Each of the three lots contained four rows, of twenty-four hills each; 

 in all, ninety-six hills. Lot No. 1 was cut at the ground, and stocked, 

 Sept. 24th. Lot No. 2 had the top stalks cut in the usual way, at the 

 same date. Lot No. 3 was left standing whole until Oct. 29th, when 

 each of the lots was harvested and husked. The ears were then spread 

 about six inches deep, and remained until Dec. 20th. At this date the 

 whole was shelled, and the result is as follows : 



** It appears by this experiment, that the corn which was stooked 



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