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the next day I harrowed it fine, furrowed it with a small plough, and in the 

 furrows spread 150 pounds of guano, and planted with "Woodward's planter. 

 My hills were three feet apart from centre to centre, and the rows about 3 

 feet. I tliink there was no hill missing on the acre. Some kernels of corn, 

 which were left a little distance from the main hill, produced five ears of corn, 

 viz : three on the seed stalk, and two on the suckers. I hoed three times? 

 but, the last time, I did not use a horse, as the corn was too large. I cut it 

 the 24th of September, carted and husked it the last of October. It was very 

 dry when husked. I counted the baskets and, by shelling one of them, I 

 found 93 1-4 bushels of shelled corn, weighing 56 pounds to the bushel, and 

 just about the same by measurement. I weighed one stack of fodder, and by 

 multiplication, I learn there were 7200 lbs. I give the statement of expenses 

 as near as I can. I charge only 3-4 of the yard manure to the corn crop, 

 as I believe it has not taken more than that. 



Value of Crop. 

 93 1-4 bushels of corn $1, 

 7200 lbs. of corn fodder, $6, . 

 7 bushels of soft corn, 25 cents, 



Expenses. 

 Manure on the field, 



Guano, 



Ploughing, harrowing and planting. 

 Hoeing three times, . 

 Harvesting, .... 

 Interest on land. 



Net profit, 

 Sunderland, Nov. 10, 1856. 



John M. Smith's Statement. 



My corn was raised on land which may be called clayey loam, and measures 

 five acres, sixty-four rods. I had about three acres of it in grass for three 

 years previous to 1855. In the spring of 1855, 1 ploughed in ten loads of 

 manure to the acre, planted corn, and had a fair crop. In the spring of 

 1856, 1 put on 12 loads to the acre, and ploughed in. The remainder of the 

 piece was in grass for three years previous to this season, and was manured 

 in the same way excepting one acre, which was cultivated as follows : One 

 half was ploughed in November, 1855, and the other half in the spring of 

 1856. 20 loads of compost manure were spread on the whole acre and har- 

 rowed in. I could perceive no difference in the growth of the crop, in con- 

 sequence of the two modes of ploughing. There was no trouble from 



