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First premium, to C. C. Blunt, Andover, for crop of 

 rye. 

 C. W. Nelson, M. H. Connor, John Barker — Committee, 



STATEMENT OF CROP OF CORN RAISED BY NATHAN LONG- 

 FELLOW, OP GROVELAND. 



The piece of corn I enter for your consideration, contains 

 one acre and ninety-three and one-half rods. The crop of 

 1898 was grass, yield about one ton to the acre, no manure 

 being used. The soil is a slaty loam. It was ploughed 

 May 16, and received a coat of twenty-six loads of manure 

 to the acre, ploughed in. It was then harrowed, marked 

 and furrowed, and planted May 16, with ten quarts of 

 corn per acre. The hills were three and one-half feet 

 apart each Avay, and five kernels of corn were planted in 

 each hill, 200 lbs. of Bradley's X L Superphosphate to the 

 acre was used in the hills. It was cultivated three times, 

 each way with horse and hoed twice by hand. 



It was gathered and husked Oct. 15th to 20th, and the 

 amount of ears was 12,560 lbs. or 7927 lbs. to the acre. 

 The corn is very ripe and dry, and at the present time 69 

 lbs. of ears shelled, gives 56 lbs. of corn, and 13 lbs. of 

 cobs. There is the usual amount of stover estimated at 

 three tons per acre. 



COST PER ACRE. 



Ploughing, $3 00 



Harrowing, marking and furrowing, 1 75 



Planting and seed, 8 50 



Cultivating and hoeing, 5 00 



Husking, 10 00 

 Value of manure, ' 52 00 



Value of fertilizer, 3 50 



$78 75 



Respectfully submitted, 



Nathan Longfellow. 



