"* CORN. 



,00 and was spread and harrowed in; the plaster and 

 phosphate cost $8,00 and was dropped in hills about 

 three feet apart, and the corn dropped on that. Cost of 

 of seed and planting $6,00. The cultivator was run 

 through, and hoed twice, costing about $10,00. Har- 

 vested from the 15th to the 20th of September; cut 

 and stooked in the field until dried ; cost of harvesting 

 and husking, $7,00. The whole cost is $69,00 for the 

 acre. Amount of stover four tons ; the weight on one 

 acre was 4440 lbs. of shelled corn or 79^ bushels. 



BENJAMIN SAFFOKD'S STATEMENT. 

 CORN. 



The soil on which I raised my corn is a gravelly loam, 

 and was down to grass in 1862-3 ; a part was plowed 

 last fall and the rest this spring, about seven inches 

 deep, and harrowed both ways by a horse ; the manure, 

 of which there was twenty-five loads, was all spread 

 and harrowed in; the seed was, a twelve-rowed corn and 

 planted the 21st and 23d of May, with a corn-planter ; 

 it was hoed three times using the cultivator the two 

 first times ; it was topped the last of September and 

 harvested the last of October. The amount of shelled 

 corn was 4400 pounds, equal to 78j| bushels. The 

 amount of stover on the acre was just two tons, which 

 at $10,00 per ton is $20,00. 



Cost of Seed and planting $ 3,00 



" " Plowing and other prepartion 5,00 



" " Manure, twenty-five loads, 38,00 



" " Phorphate of lime 10,00 



" " Cultivation 8,00 



.. 



Harvesting 8,00 



l 6 



872,00 



