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way, in rows three feet apart, and manured in tlie hill with three 

 cords of the compost manure. It was planted the 21st and 22d 

 of May, in hills two and a half feet apart, with a kind of corn 

 which I obtained from Rhode Island, called the Andrews corn. 

 This variety of corn Mr. Andrews has been improving for the 

 last six years ; the original was a large cap yellow, the small 

 Canada yellow, and a red cap corn ; — his object in planting the 

 large yellow was to increase the size of the ears, the Canada to 

 make it ripen earher, and the red to increase the number of ears 

 on a stalk, all of which he has accomplished to his entire satisfac- 

 tion. The corn was ploughed and hoed twice ; cut the stalks the 

 12th of September. 



The 24th of the present month Charles Breck, Esq. of Milton, 

 measured a rod which he considered a fair average of the piece ; 

 the result was as follows : — 



The corn on the cob weighed .... 35| pounds. 

 Shelled corn, 30 J pounds, ) <^ni a 



Cobs, ' 5| " - ( • • • ^ 



Husks and butts 25 pounds, after allowing 2 pounds on each 

 rod for drying. Stalks 9 pounds per rod. Making 8,642 bushels 

 of corn per acre ; butts and husks 4,000 pounds per acre ; stalks 

 1,440 pounds per acre. 



The expense of the crop was as follows : — 



Ploughing, $4.00 



Spreading manure, ...... 2.00 



Ploughing in manure, ...... 1.75 



Furrowing, manuring in the hill, and planting, . 5.00 



Ploughing among corn and hoeing, .... 5.00 



Cutting stalks and harvesting, .... 8.00. 



One-half manure at $4.00 per cord, . . . 14.00 



Seed corn, ....... .50 



Interest on land and taxes, 5.00 



45.25 



