39 



$134.87 



Profit, 



^r or 



$59.62 



On the whole field (one acre and seventy-five rods) there were 

 135 bushels. P. Kuggles. 



Milton, JSovemher 10, 1855. 



Our only criticism on this statement is, that Mr. R. seems to 

 reckon his poor corn at a rather high figure, calling eight baskets 

 equal to six good ones. 



MR. L. CLAPP'S STATEMENT. 



The kind of corn raised by me, is the brown corn, originally 

 from New Hampshire. Its weight, when dry, is 60 lbs. to the 

 bushel. My piece of land contains by measurement just an acre. 

 Soil a fight, gravelly loam. Planted last year to potatoes in the 

 sward, with a shovelful of manure in the hill — hills four feet apart 

 each way. Crop 200 bushels. Ploughed this year the second 

 •week m May, seven inches deep. Spread on eight cords stable 

 manure, harrowed and ploughed in. Furrowed one way in rows 

 four feet apart. Planted 17th and 18th of May, in hills two feet 

 apart in the row. Put a table-spoonful of guano in each hill ; 

 covered it Avith about an inch and a half of loam before dropping 

 the seed. Planted four kernels in each hill. Hoed three times, 

 the last time without plougliing. Cut stalks the 10th of Septem- 

 ber ; harvested the 15th and 16th of October. Finished huskino- 

 the 24th of October. Had 135 baskets, weighing, when shelled. 



