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It is probable that the yield of both lots was reduced one 

 quarter part by the August gale, which so twisted and broke 

 the roots that many ears did not fill out as they should have 

 done under favorable conditions. The corn was also planted 

 much later than usual, as the farm did not come under my 

 care till the season was considerably advanced. Both lots 

 were planted the sixth and seventh of June. The variety 

 of corn was the eight-rowed Canada. 



Experiment No. 2. To determine the comparative value 

 of sweet corn for market, and field corn as a crop. On an 

 acre planted with Marblehead Mammoth Sweet corn was 

 raised four hundred and fifty dozen ears, worth in the field, 

 six cents per dozen. 



Value of corn sold, $27 00 



Value of small ears, fed to cows, 5 00 



Four tons stover, at $15 per ton, 60 00 



$92 00 

 Value of one acre of field corn, as by 



previous account, $49 20 



Balance in favor of sweet corn, $42 80 



A significant fact in regard to the value of sweet corn 

 stover, fed green, is, that by actual test, twenty pounds of 

 the stover, fed to each of my herd of nine cows daily, pro- 

 duced as much milk as eight pounds of meal and shorts, 

 the cows having the same pasture in both cases. T tried it 

 for a week at a time, and measured the milk every day. 



Experiment No. 3, with Hungarian grass, to try the 

 relative value of Ames' and Darling's fertilizers. Each 

 was used at the rate of three hundred pounds per acre, a 

 lot of six acres being equally divided between the two 

 brands. The Ames produced, on three acres, four tons of 

 dry hay, weighed on public scales. The Darling yielded 

 three and one-half tons, on the same area. Th'e land was 

 sandy rye stubble, considered as poor as any on the farm. 



