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pig pens, hen houses and rabbit pens was then spread on the furrow 

 and thoroughly harrowed in with the Acme Harrow ; and May 28th 

 the piece was marked and corn planted with the Macomber Planter, 

 2 or 3 kernels in a hill. Rows 38 inches and hills 19 inches, centre 

 to centre. May 29th, I dropped a pinch of Stockbridge fertilizer 

 (200 lbs in all) on each hill, and then harrowed the piece with the 

 Acme Harrow set to run very light. This harrowing thoroughly 

 mixes the fertilizer with the soil just over the seed, gives the finish- 

 ing touch to the pulverizing and leveling of the surface, and by des- 

 troying the myriads of weed germs which at this season start into 

 life, gives the corn a good start and makes the after cultivation 

 pleasant and easy. Cultivated twice in a row and hoed the corn 

 June 13, and again July 5th and 7lh, and finally cultivated once in a 

 row July 16th. The corn was cut Sept. 20th and 22nd, with the ex- 

 ception of two average rods, one of Flint and one of Dent corn, left 

 for your examination. 



Yours respectfully, 



John C. Dillon. 



To the Secretary of the Hampshire Agricultural Society. 

 Dear Sir : 



The rod of corn selected and harvested by the Committee 

 on Farm Crops, Oct. 30, 1890, was a fair sample of the acre, and 

 yielded 51 J lbs. of corn on the ear, and this when shelled by the 

 Committee returned 40 \ lbs. of shelled corn, and 11 lbs. of cobs. 

 This is at the rate of 112 bushels of shelled corn to the acre. 

 Yours respectfully, 



John C. Dillon. 



To the Committee on Farm Crops and the Secretary of the Hampshire 

 Agricultural Society. 

 Gentlemen : 



The J acre of potatoes I offer for your award was grown on 

 a sandy loam on which I raised last year 102 bushels of shelled corn. 

 After the corn was picked I sowed on two bushels of rye and har- 

 rowed it in with the Acme Harrow, which also leveled the stalks and 

 left them in good shape to be plowed in with the rye. The rye made 

 a good growth, and April 28, I plowed it and the corn stubble in 7 

 inches, then harrowed thoroughly with the Acme Harrow, furrowed 

 4 inches deep and planted April 30 with White Star, Early Maine, 

 Pearl of Savoy and B. of Hebron. May 9th, sowed broadcast one 



