REPORT 



On David Jolinson's field of Corn. 



Your committee appointed to view Gen. David Johnson's farm, in I 

 Flatbush township, Long Island, beg leave to report that they have 

 attended to the duties assigned them. 



They viewed two pieces of corn of five acres each; one piece was 

 tasseled above the ear, the other cut up by the root. The first piece 

 was planted in hills about four and an half feet apart from centre 

 to centre, and about the same between the rows; both pieces were 

 cultivated about the same. In alluding to the mode of cultivation, 

 they would say, that the two first dressings were performed with the 

 cultivator and hoe, the third and fourth dressings by the cultivator. 



Your committee are of opinion that the piece cut up by the root 

 "would yield the greatest crop; yet we could not decide, as much ot 

 the corn had fallen upon the ground, and been removed before our 

 examination commenced. The quantity per acre from present view, 

 we should estimate at eighty bushels, making in both pieces 800 

 tushels. In the opinion of your committee, the land was capable, 

 from its high state of cultivation, of producing a greater crop by 

 planting closer, and having a less number of stalks in the hill; both 

 pieces were free from weeds, and evinced much skill in the culture. 

 The whole farm consisting of 1 10 acres under cultivation, was prin- 

 cipally in grass, and very judiciously divided into lots of ten acres 

 each. Much attention appears to be paid in cultivating the gard- 

 en, and arranging the buildings for practical purposes. In examin- 

 ing his barn, which was well stored with grain and hay, we observ- 

 ed a threshing machine, invented by Mr. Pitts, worthy of notice; 

 "which happily combines the threshing and cleaning, all at the same 

 time. The arrangement and number of bee hives evinced much 

 skill and attention. 



Respectfully submitted by the committee, 

 (Signed,) MARTIN ELLSWORTH, 



N. A. MILES, 

 S. HARNSBERGER. 



J^eW'York, October llth, 1846. 



