On Planting Corn, 49 



Sixty rods planted at the usual distance of rows and 

 18 inches between the hills, yielded thirty-six bushels 

 and twenty -seven quarts, which is 98 bushels and one 

 peck to the acre. 



Sixty rods planted in the common mode yielded thir- 

 ty-two bushels, which is eighty -five bushels and one- 

 third per acre. 



The whole field yielded 108 bushels and one peck 

 nearly, which is, upon an average, 96 bushels and one 

 peck per acre. 



The quality of the corn in the two first modes of 

 planting was nearly similar. In both instances they clear- 

 ly excelled the corn planted in the common mode. In 

 this statement I make no account of the soft and poor 

 corn, which upon the whole field amounted to six or 

 eight bushels of ears. Every farmer for himself, will 

 estimate the shrinkage between harvest and market sea- 

 son. This will not alter the proportion of each piece of 

 ground. I am persuaded that the lucrative mode of 

 planting is to plant three grains, and if they come up 

 ; ,well, to pluck up the poorest stalk after the first hoeing, 

 leaving two for growth. Then you may expect, if the 

 land be prepared, to have two full ears upon each stalk. 

 It will be inquired, what is the proportion of labour 

 upon each mode of cultivating ? Here I cannot be so _ 

 exact as I have been in my other calculations. Yet I was 

 not inattentive to this part of the experiment, I found 

 little difference in any part of the labour, excepting in 

 planting, ashing, hoeing and suckering. I think the fol- 

 low ing estimate cannot be far out of the way. The com- 

 mon mode of planting, until we finish hoeing, 1 should 



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