30 CORN. 



My belief was that they extended much deeper, and to 

 satisfy my own curiosity in the matter, I also have examined it 

 to some extent. 



While plowing a few days since, where my corn grew the 

 present year, I found corn roots, distinctly discernable by the 

 naked eye, at the depth of a foot, and the roots were to be 

 seen in every particle of soil as deep as I could plow, and I 

 am confirmed in the belief that the roots of corn will pene- 

 trate as deep as you will loosen the earth, and place manure 

 for them to feed upon. 



There are many subjects connected with the raising and 

 securing a field of corn, which the committee do not propose 

 to enlarge upon at this time, such as the best kinds of ma- 

 nure, quantity, time and manner of application, the right time 

 and the best manner of putting the seed into the ground, the 

 most economical method of harvesting, whether by cutting 

 the stalks in the usual manner, or by cutting at the ground 

 and stooking. These questions, and such as these, are capa- 

 ble of almost indefinite enlargement. If, by anything sug- 

 gested in this report, any young farmer or old one, should be 

 led to a wiser expenditure of labor, or a richer harvest than 

 heretofore, the committee will feel amply rewarded. 



All of "which is respectfully submitted. 



Solon Carter, Chairman of Committee. 



Joseph Goodrich } s Statement. 

 CORN. 



The soil on which I raised my corn is rough clay loam. 

 In 1863 the land was pastured. In 1865 I raised corn, using 

 fifteen loads compost from the barn cellar. 



For the present crop, I plowed in April, from six to eight 

 inches deep, furrowed with plow, one way, four feet 

 apart, putting a small shovclfull of cellar compost in each 



