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ton Mapes' Potato Manure. May 19th 140 lbs. salt and 200 lbs. 

 plaster, and June 2nd 604 lbs. Mapes' Potato Manure. Cultivated 3 

 times, hoed twice, dusted with "200 lbs. plaster and 2 lbs. Paris 

 green, and harvested Oct. 8 to 11 inclusive. The crop was much 

 shortened by the drought in June and July, but amounted, as sworn 

 toby 3 witnesses, to 21,210 lbs. or 853.', bushels of very smooth, 

 sound potatoes. Owing to the character of the land, the yield was 

 somewhat uneven, and 1 have no doubt the best half acre yielded at 

 the rate of 400 bushels to the acre. 

 Respectfully, 



John C. Dillon. 

 Amherst, Mass., October 28th, 1S90. 



REPORT OF EIGHT ACRES OF CORN RAISED IN 1890. 



The land on which the corn grew had produced hay for the past 

 two years without manure. The soil is a light sandy loam which 

 was plowed in December, 1889, 7 inches deep. Barnyard manure 

 was spread upon the land during the winter at the rate of 15 loads 

 per acre, valued at $1.50 a load or $22.50. In the spring the land 

 was wheel-harrowed thoroughly both ways, and smoothed witli 

 the Meeker's harrow, at a cost of $4.00 an acre for plowing and 

 harrowing. May 21 and 22 Western Dent corn was planted in 

 squares 3 feet each way, at the rate of 10 quarts to the acre. It 

 was planted with Macomber hand planter. Cost of seed and plant- 

 ing $1.00 per acre. The crop was cultivated 3 times each way and 

 hand hoed once. Each hill was thinned to three stalks. The fore- 

 part of September the '-orn was cut, eight rows being put into one 

 row of stooks, the bundles were bound with tobacco twine at a cost 

 of but 25 cents an acre. A greater part of the corn was husked in 

 the field, commencing about the first of October, the stooks were 

 carted to the barn each day as husked. 



One rod was selected by your Committee from this 8 acre piece, 

 and I topped or cut the stalks just above the ears, it stood and dried 

 about a month, when 3 our Committee picked the ears and shelled off 

 the corn with the following results : 



Corn, 37| lbs. 



Cobs, 9 lbs. 



Fodder, 45 lbs. or 6040 lbs. or 107f bushels to the acre. 



Fodder, 6800 lbs. or of tons to acre. 



Corn at 60 cts. per bushel, .... $64.71 

 Fodder at $6.00 per ton, .... 21.60 



$86.31 

 Cost of Cultivation and Harvesting with Manure, 45.00 



Balance in favor of Crop. .... $41.31 



F. H. Williams. 



