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corn until after it was harvested. As it lay on the floor it ap- 

 peared to me so large a crop that I offered to assist in measuring 

 it and the land. On the 25th of October we measured the whole 

 except six or eight baskets that were in another place, weighing 

 one basket in everj ten or fifteen. There were 202 baskets, 

 which weighed on an average 38| lbs., the basket we used being 

 a small one. We put one by itself to dry. November 14th I 

 shelled it and found that the corn weighed 28J lbs. and the cobs 

 6^ lbs, — the whole having lost 3| lbs. in drying. Adding the 

 other six baskets, we have 208, which, at 28| lbs. each, would 

 give 105-ixyis bushels of shelled and dry corn. The land measur- 

 ing 186 rods, gives 91 bushels to the acre. Of this piece no 

 particular account was kept, as nothing extra was expected. A 

 fair lot of manure was used, part in the hill, part ploughed in. 

 The corn Avas planted in drills, rows from 3 to 3| feet apart, the 

 kernels about 6 inches apart in the drill; The manure falling 

 short, a cord of green manure from the j)iggery was put in the 

 drills on a part of the field. This manure was so strong that the 

 corn did not come up, and had to be planted over again, and some 

 of it a third time, which made it late, and consequently there was 

 a large quantity of pig-corn, 1 should judge 20 or more baskets. 

 But for this circumstance, the field would, without doubt, have 

 yielded more than 100 bushels to the acre. If after these, and 

 the still greater report which you will make of Mr. Ruggles' corn, 

 any person doubts that 100 bushels can be raised on an acre, I 

 hope that the next time I have 202 baskets to pick up and move 

 in one afternoon, he may not only " be there to see," but to help 

 do the work, and he will probably be satisfied. 



Respectfully yours, 



Charles Breck. 



3Illton, Nov. 15, 1854. 



MR. RUGGLES' STATEMENT. 



The acre of land entered by me for premium was surveyed by 

 Mr. Charles Breck. The land was cultivated in one direction 

 only, tiie seed having been planted in drills, the kernels dropped 

 six inches apart, alternately on each side. I have found by sev- 



