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off five rods and estimate the crop on that basis. The 

 piece was so even that we did not attempt to select the 

 portion of the field for him to estimate the quantity of his 

 crop from ; and we believe he reports rather under than 

 over his entire yield. 



It has been stated many times at our Institute meetings 

 that the value of the fodder of a corn crop paid the ex- 

 penses of cultivation. As Mr. Nelson has left that item 

 entirely out of his statement, the expense of his crop is 

 nearly equal to its value. 



According to the Sept. report of the State Board of Ag- 

 riculture, it is estimated that the corn crop of the state for 

 1889 yielded 1,997.000 bushels against 1,950,000 bushels 

 in 1869. By this we see that this valuable crop has been 

 but slightly increased in twenty years ; your committee 

 believe that we should raise more corn and that it can be 

 done at a profit as large in the East as in the West. 



The writer has the past season harvested from one hun- 

 dred and twelve rods, ninety-seven bushel baskets of sound 

 corn, this on land which does not produce on an average 

 one-half ton of hay per acre. Stockbridge fertilizer at 

 the rate of half ton per acre was all the manure used, 

 about one-third in the hill at the time of planting, the bal- 

 ance cultivated in at the last hoeing. 



We believe that with the use of these special manures, 

 which involve but little labor in applying, that on light 

 lands we can raise corn at a good profit. 



You will notice by our report that we have several times 

 made allusion to the profit of grain-growing in the East as 

 compared with the West; we do this because we sincerely 

 believe that New England should strive to increase its crop 

 of cereals, so that it may not be said that in the next twenty 

 years, as in the past, that we have made no advance in this 

 branch of agriculture. 



After fully examining the above crops and the statements 

 thereon, your Committee believe that each are deserving 

 of a premium and therefore recommend to the Trustees 

 the following awards : 



