•^^^ GRAIN. 



thirty loads, spread ; planted. May 25, with eight-rowed 

 yellow corn; hoed three times, and harvested Oct. 20th 



Cost of plowing, &c., . . . . $4,00 



Manure, - - - - - 30,00 



Seed and planting, - - - - 2,00 



Cultivation, - - - . 7^00 



Harvesting, &c., - - - - 7^50 



Total, ... - $51,00 



Produce, as estimated by the Committee, November 7, 

 25 lbs. 5i oz. per square rod. Stover $10 worth, the lot. 



JAMES P. PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



CORN. 



The field on which my corn grew contains about three 

 acres. It is a gravelly loam. The crop of 1857-8, was 

 grass, without manure. It was plowed in November, 

 seven to eight inches deep , harrowed and cultivated 

 in the second week in May ; manured with twenty-five 

 loads per acre, most of it spread, about one-half a shovel- 

 ful put in the hill; planted May 16 and 17, with a 

 single corn-planter, with the Carter corn, six quarts per 

 acre; worked three times with a cultivator and hand- 

 hoe ; tops cut in September, and harvested the latter 

 part of October. 



Cost of plowing, &c., . . . $6,00 per acre. 



Manure, . - . . 32,00 " 



Seed and planting, - - - 2,00 



Cultivation, - - - 9,00 



Harvesting, - - - - 5,00 





Total, - - - $54,50 per acre. 



Produce, as estimated by the Committee, November 7, 

 24 lbs. 2k oz. per square rod. Stover, H tons per acre. 



