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SOLON CARTER'S STATEMENT. 

 CORN.* 



The lot on wliicli my corn, that I olTerfor the Society's 

 premium for the best crop, and also for the best variety, 

 "V^as raised, contains 271 fo rods. It is a clayey loam, 

 very spring?/, called cold land. The crop of 1856-7 was 

 grass, without manure. It was plowed once in July, 

 1857, after the grass was removed, and twice in May, 

 1858; was harrowed three times, furrowed lightly both 

 ways, manured with eighteen loads stable manure from 

 the barn cellar, spread before the spring plowing, and 

 twelve loads compost put in the hill, and covered with 

 the hand hoe; was planted June 1st, with Handall & 

 Jones' single corn planter, using seven quarts seed, 

 which goes in my name. 



The cultivation was as follows, viz : As soon as the 

 corn could be seen in the row it was plowed, one furrow 

 per row one way, with a small plow, these furrows crossed 



*Mr. Carter repeated, on this field, his experiment of 1856, by 

 harvesting three lots, of one hundred hills each, in three different ways, 

 and gives the result, as follows : 



As in 1856, so now the com which had the top stalks cut, weighed 

 most at harvesting, and shrank least before shelling. 



The lots for the above trial were selected by Col. Phillips, when ex- 

 iming the field for the Committee, of which he was Chauman. 



