70 



GRAIN. 



planted May 16, with Randall & Jones' corn planter, 



with six quarts of Carter corn; harrowed both ways 



twice in a row ; hoed by hand ; thined to four stalks to 



a hill ; worked with a horse-hoe once in a row one way 



and twice the other, followed with a hand-hoe, then 



after haying worked again with the horse-hoe once in a 



row each way, and harvested October 30. 

 Cost of plowing, &c., ----- $12,50 



Manures, ------ 45,00 



Seed and plantion, - - - - - ,87 



Cultivator, - - - - - - 10,00 



Harvesting, ------ 8,00 



Total, S76,37 



Produce, 4958 lbs. ears of corn, weighed November 2d, 

 and 3d ; and three tons stover, estimated weight. 



I think the crop on the 1st of August was equally 

 promising with that of 1858, but from that time the 

 weather was so cold that many of the second and third 

 ears on the stalks did not grow as long, nor fill so full 

 as they would have done in an ordinary season. 



I present a sample of the Carter corn, and claim that 

 it is the best variety known for cultivation in this latitude. 



SOLON CARTER'S STATEMENT. 



WHEAT. 



The acre on which my wheat grew, is a clayey loam. 

 The crop of 1858 was grass, without manure ; that of 

 1859 corn, with twenty-five loads spread, and plowed in. 

 The corn hills were split two furrows to a row, Novem- 

 ber 16, 1859 \ in Aprils these rows were split as before, 

 and plowed once eight to ten inches deep. It was 

 sowed April 25th, with two bushels coffee wheat, covered 



