SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



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Calf at 40 days old. 



Worth when dropped. 

 Milk for 3 days, 18 qts., at 1-2 ct., . 

 Milk for 37 days, 222 qts., at 1 1-2 cts., 

 Labor, tending, dressing and marketing, 



Dr. 



Credit. 



By 82 Ihs. veal, 4 cts., 



By 10 lbs. hide, 12 1-2 cts., 



Balance or cost above proceeds, .... 



Two eccperiments showing the ao'imntage and disadvantage of good and poor 

 preparation of the soil, in growing hirniys. 



The ground in each experiment is, naturally, of like character, a good 

 gravelly loam. The experiments were tried in one oaae upon sixty-seven ^quare 

 rods, and in the otlier upon forty square rods of ground ; but in order to set 

 them more clearly in opposition, the cast is made Tor one acre of each. 



The first experiment was made upon ground which iiad been in roots for 

 thres years preceding, and had been nuiderately dressed each of tliose years. 

 It had been worked ten inches deep, and was well pulverized for the present 

 crop. On May 2l8t it was twice plowed, and sown with sugar beets. The 

 seed failing to germinate, on the 13th of June it was twice cultivated, and 

 sown with carrots. The carrots failing to come, it was again seeded with the 

 str;ip leaf turi.ip on the 11th of July. 



The account stands thus : 



May 21. To plowing and cultivating, ..... 



" 21. 55.') Ib.<. Coe's sup. phos. 2 1-2 cts., one-half to this crop, 



" 21. 733 lbs. Peruvian guano, 3 12 cts., one-half to this ciop, 



" 21. labor applying dre.-sing, one-half to this crop, . 



" 21. labor and seed, (sugar beet) 



June 13. labor cultivating, ..... 



" 13. seed and labor sowing carrots, 



July 14. seed and labor sowing strap leaf turnips, 



" 24. 250 llis. Cue's sup. phos., 2 1-2 cts., one-half to this crop 



Aug 24. labor thinning and weeding, 



Oct. 24. labor harvesting, ..... 



" 24. manure from former dressings, l-4th, 



" 24. interest and ta.x ou value of land, 



Crop, Dr. 



$4 77 

 6 83 



12 82 



42 



2 98 



1 79 



2 98 

 1 91 



3 12 



8 48 

 11 GI 



9 55 

 9 55 



$7G 81 



The produce was 830 bushels per acre ; cost per bushel, 9 3-lOfhs cent. 



The second piece was newly inverted green sward, from an old worn out 

 grass field. It was well turned, and the surface thoroughly cultivated and 

 made hne. 



The account stands thus : 

 June 6. To plowing and cultivating. 



crop, 



630 Ib.-^ guano. 3 1-2 cts., one-half to this crop, 



C30 lbs. Uoe'.s sup. phos,, 2 1-2 cts., one-half to this 



labor app'ying same, one-hall to this crop, 



seed and labor sowing ruta baga, 



seed and labor sowing strap leaf turnips, 



030 lbs. Cue's sup. phos., 2 1-2 cts., one-half to this crop, 



labor applying same, one-half to this crop, 



labor thinning and weeding, .... 



labor harvesting, ..... 



interest and tax on land, .... 



Total cost per acre, .... 



Yield per acre, 498 bushels ; cost per bushel, 17 cts. 



$83 96 



