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STATEMENTS OF HIRAM W. JONES. 



My experiment in raising Indian corn was made on one acre of 

 reclaimed meadow, which had been in grass ten years, and a great 

 deal of meadow grass had come in. It was ploughed eight inches 

 deep in September, 1861, with a team of four oxen. On the 

 24th of May last it was thoroughly harrowed with a Bucklin har- 

 row, and furrowed three and one-half feet apart, one way, and on 

 the 27th four loads of manure, composed of equal parts of horse 

 manure and sandy loam, were applied in the hills, three feet apart 

 in the rows. It was then planted with a very early kind of corn, 

 which came from the State of Maine recently. The horse hoe 

 was passed between the rows three times during the month of 

 June, and very little work was required with hand hoe. The top 

 stalks were cut, bpund and stocked the first week in September, 

 and the corn was ripe for harvest on the 25th. On the 6th of 

 October the Committee selected two rods — an average of the 

 field — Avhich yielded fifty pounds of shelled corn, at that time, and 

 was taken home by a member of the Committee, and dried until 

 November 1st, when it weighed forty-five pounds, being at the 

 rate of 64 16-56 per acre. 



The cost of the crop was — 

 Ploughing, ...... $5.00 



Harrowing, $1.30, furrowing, 50 cts., . 1.80 



Manure, $16.00, preparing and applying, $5.25, 21.25 

 Seed, 25 cts., planting, $2.25, . . . 2.50 

 Interest on land, $6.00, taxes, 15 cts., . 6.15 



Horse hoeing 3 times, $1.50, hand hoeing, $2.50, 4.00 

 Cutting stalks, $2.00, harvesting corn, $6.25, 8.25 



The value of the crop was — 

 64 16-56 bushels corn, at 85 cts., 

 Top stalks, . . . . 



Husks, . . . . . 



Deduct cost, .... 



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Leaving a profit of . . . $19.18 



Leaving the Committee to judge of the value of the manure 

 unspent. 



H. W. Jones. 



Dover, Nov. 3, 1862. 



