40 



35 lbs. to the basket, and making 84| bushels, at 56 lbs. to the 

 bushel. 



To ascertain the weight of the cobs, I shelled, November 8th, 

 two bushels of ears. The first weighed in the ear 38 lbs. 10 oz. ; 

 the corn weighing 29| lbs., and measuring nearly 17 qts. The 

 cobs 9 lbs. 2 oz. The second bushel weighed in the ear 39 lbs. 



Profit, 



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The frost on the night of Aug. 31, injured some late planted 

 corn in this neighborhood, to the estimated extent of nearly one 

 half. My own, I think, was injured from the same cause at least 

 ten per cent. 



You will see by my statement, that I have used some guano. 

 To test its value, four rows were planted without guano. These 

 were harvested separately, and compared with four rows adjoin- 

 ino-. The result Avas at the rate of ten bushels to the acre in 

 favor of guano, the corn being also sounder. In another experi- 

 ment on sward land, where a table-spoonful of guano was put in 

 each hill without any other manure, the result was nearly a total 

 failure, yielding only at the rate of ten bushels to the acre of 

 sound corn ; while the corn adjoining, planted with a shovelful of 



