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TO THE COMMITTEE ON GRAIN CROPS. 



STATEMENT OF CIIEEVER NEWHALL. 



Dorchester, November 30, 1855. 



Bear Sir — The land I planted with corn this year, and which 

 you examined in July last, has since been measured by Ebenezcr 

 Tolraan, Esq., Surveyor, and found to be 5yVV acres. The corn 

 upon 2xViy acres of this land was planted in rows six feet apart, 

 with a row of cabbages between each row of corn on one acre, and 

 a row of potatoes between each row of corn on Iy^jV acres. The 

 other portion of the corn was in rows three feet apart, the hills 

 in the row 2 to 2-| feet apart, and generally four stalks in a hill. 



As one half of the land planted with the mixed crop, was occu- 

 pied by potatoes and cabbages, it is proper to deduct the part thus 

 occupied, .from the whole lot ; the remainder will show the quan- 

 tity of land in corn to be ^^-f^X) acres, on Avhich was raised 796 

 baskets of ears, each basket yielded 35 lbs. of shelled corn, mak- 

 ing 497^ bushels on the lot, besides 40 baskets small corn, which 

 I put down at one half the value of the sound corn, say 12^ bush- 

 els, making 510 bushels, or 109 bushels and a fraction to the acre, 

 and this too without any extra manure or labor, except ploughing 

 twice to the depth of ten inches each time, with the usual harrow- 

 ing afterwards. 



I would further remark, that at least one-tenth of the hills on 

 the whole lot was destroyed by the wire-worm, and replanted on 

 the eleventh day of June. 



I do not offer my crop of corn for premium, but to do my part 

 towards convincing the farmers of our county, that one hundred 

 bushels of com can be raised on an acre. 



Very truly yours, 



CHEEVER NEWHALL. 

 Rev. J. M. Merrick. 



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