REPORTS AND AWARDS. 
151 
bushels per acre of Canada Club Wheat, 321 bushels, per quar¬ 
ter acre, of Carrots. 
Below will be found the material portions of the reports 
which won the above prizes. 
CORN—STATEMENT OF MORE SPEARS. 
The soil is a rich mellow, crumbling, sandy loam. The black 
mold of the same having been made from the high bluff which 
lies on the north side of the field. 
The subsoil is a porous sandy loam. One half of the ground 
was plowed twice in the spring, but could see no benefit from 
the extra labor. Plowed in thirty loads of manure, dragged 
and marked the rows three feet apart each way. Planted on 
the 14th day of May with the Benton variety, three or four 
kernels in each hill; worked in the corn with a cultivator, and 
hoed it twice. On the 5th day of September the corn was ripe 
enough to be cut up. 
There were 229 baskets of corn in the ear, which weighed, 
when dry enough to shell, 41 lbs. to the basket, making 9,389 
lbs., or 134 bushels; 70 lbs. of the ears were shelled and sent 
to the mill, which made 36 lbs of shelled corn. 
COST OK THE CROP. 
n 
4 
8 
Dr. 
hauling manure,. 
.$1 25.... 
.$1 88 
plowing,. 
. 1 25.... 
. 1 88 
plowing and hoeing,. 
. 1 00.... 
. 4 00 
husking. 
. 75.... 
. G 00 
Total, 
$13 76 
a-. 
By 134 bushels of Corn, at 37£ cts. per bushel,. $50 25 
Fodder, ....!. 3 00 
-$53 25 
Amount of profits, 
(Signed,) 
. $39 49 
More Spears. 
STATEMENT OF ELI STILSON. 
The soil is a black loam and was manured with 16 loads of 
manure to the acre ; the previous crop on the land was wheat; 
the ground was plowed in the spring and planted in rows three 
feet four inches, north and south, by three feet eight inches, 
