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PROFITABLE CULTURE OF CORN. 
for his valuable communication to the Society on 
grasses, and forward to him the Transactions of the 
Society for 1844 and 1845. 
On motion of Mr. Johnson, vols. 4 and 5 of the 
Society’s Transactions were ordered to be furnished 
to the N. Y. Historical Society. 
On motion of Mr. Stevens, 
Resolved, That a set of the Transactions of the 
Society be furnished to the New York Agricultural 
Association. 
Messrs. Johnson, Stevens, and Bement were ap¬ 
pointed a committee to superintend the preparation 
and printing of the Transactions of the Society. 
On motion of Mr. Stevens, 
Resolved, That the Show and Fair of the Society 
be held at Saratoga Springs, on the 14th, loth, and 
16th of September, 1847, and that the first day be 
devoted exclusively to the examinations by the com¬ 
mittees, and the second and third days to the exhi¬ 
bition—on condition that the persons who shall have 
presented a written guaranty to the board, furnish 
a bond executed by themselves or others in exchange 
for the same at the next meeting of the board— 
conditioned, that this Society shall not be charged 
with any of the expenses of the Fair at that place. 
Messrs. Howard, Bement, and Johnson were ap¬ 
pointed a committee to prepare subjects for the 
weekly agricultural meetings. 
Resolved, That the meeting adjourn to Thursday, 
the 18th instant, at 11 o’clock, A. M. 
The premium list of the last year is left with the 
Secretary at the Society’s rooms in the old State 
Hall, where premiurns will be paid in the absence 
of the Treasurer. 
Officers of county societies who have not for¬ 
warded their reports, are requested to do so imme¬ 
diately to the Secretary. 
Publishers of papers, and others who have busi¬ 
ness with the Society, are desired to direct their 
papers and letters to the Secretary, at the Agricul¬ 
tural Rooms, Albany. 
B. P. Johnson, 
Secretary. 
PROFITABLE CULTURE OF CORN. 
The following account of a crop of corn, 
raised at Oyster Bay, Long Island, was handed us 
for publication by a friend, who personally con¬ 
ducted the experiment and set down all the items. 
We have so much confidence in its accuracy, that 
we are ready to vouch for it throughout. The 
statement was given to us early in January, at 
which time corn was worth the price at which it 
is credited, viz. 75 cents per bushel. It is now 
worth $1.00 per bushel, which would make the 
profit of the crop $133.25 more than it is put down 
at. But at the lowest average price at which it has 
ruled for the few years past, say 50 cents per bush¬ 
el, it would still leave a good profit, and goes to 
show that it is one of the most reliable products 
of the farm. 
The British Isles have now acquired a taste for 
Indian corn and meal, and henceforth, under any 
circumstances, whether of famine or plenty, they will 
continue large consumers, so that the farmers of 
America need no longer be anxious in regard to 
their surplus. Large quantities of corn and cob meal 
also are baked into cakes or shipped raw for feed¬ 
ing. Upon careful experiments in England, few 
substances are found more economical for fattening 
purposes. 
Account of 
Corn Crop for 1846, S.E. Lot , 
Area 
10 1-5 Acres. 
1846. 
Dr. 
April 
14, 
oxen 1 day’s plowing, 
- $1.50 
15, 
do 
- 1.50 
16, 
do 
- 1.50 
17, 
do 
- 1.50 
18, 
do 
- 1.50 
18, 
1 man, 1 day mixing guano, 
- 75 
20, 
oxen 1-2 day’s plowing, 
- 75 
21, 
do 
- 75 
Cl 
1 man 1-2 day mixing guano, 
- 38 
22, 
oxen 1-2 day’s plowing, 
- 75 
23, 
do 1 day, 
- 1.50 
24, 
do 1-2 day, 
- 75 
Cl 
1 man 1-2 day mixing guano, 
- 38 
25, 
oxen 3-4 day’s plowing, 
- 1.12 
27, 
do 1 day’s do 
- 1.50 
28, 
do 1-2 day’s plowing and har¬ 
rowing, 
- 75 
29, 
do 1-2 day’s harrowing, 
- 75 
30, 
do 1 day’s harrowing, - 
- 1.50 
May 
1, 
1 team, 1 day’s laying out, 
- 1.50 
4, 
41-2 days’ work planting, - 
- 3.37 
5, 
41-2 days’ do - 
- 3.37 
6, 
11-2 days’ do - 
- 1.12 
7, 
1 1-2 days’ do - 
- 1.12 
8, 
2 days’ do - 
- 1.50 
cc 
65 lbs. guano plowed in, - 
- 1.95 
cc 
1400 lb. do in the hills, - 
42.00 
25, 
4 days’ work planting over, 
- 3.00 
26, 
2 days’ work do 
- 1.50 
June 
9, 
2 days’ work with cultivator, 
- 2.00 
10, 
do - - 
- 2.00 
11, 
do 
- 2.00 
1 C 
1 day’s work hoeing 
- 75 
12 
1 daj r ’s work, do 
- 75 
13, 
15 and 16, 9 1-2 days’ work hoeing, 
7.11 
17, 
2 1-2 days’ work hoeing, - 
- 1.87 
18, 
2 days' do - 
- 1.50 
29 ; 
and 30, 4 1-2 days’ work putting on 
guano, 
- 3.37 
July 
13, 
1 day with cultivator, 
- 1.00 
14, 
1 day do 
- 1.00 
24; 
and 29, 2 1-2 days’ putting on guano 
, 2.25 
a 
1031 lb. of guano, 
- 18.03 
Sept. 
22d 
to 28, 10 1-2 days’ work topping 
r 
> 
and stacking, 
- 8.25 
Oct. 
2d, 
1 day’s work in stacks, 
- 75 
22 to Nov. 19, 32 days’ work husking. 
} % 
cutting up stalks, &e., and 
putting away the corn, 
- 24.00 
Cl 
Carting 15 loads of stalks, 
- 5.50 
Cl 
Other labor— paid , 
- 2.75 
$165.44 
Cr. 
By 
5 loads of top stalks, 
$20.00 
10 1-2 do butt do - 
28.75 
CC 
533 bushels shelled corn, at 75c. 
399.75 
$448.50 
Profit on 10 l-5th acres of corn, - $283.06 
Remedy for the Borer in Peach-trees,—W e 
call the attention of our readers to the remarks of 
Drs. Stevens and Gardner, on page 87, respecting 
the application of coal-tar to peach-trees. 
