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Ans. Pasture. 



Amount and kind of manure to previous crop, 



Ans. None. 



Time and frequency of plowing, harrowing, &c., in preparing for 

 the crop, 



Ans. The ground was sward and plowed first time, in June, 1844. 

 Then harrowed, then cultivated with two horse cultivator, then after- 

 wards the same ground was cross ploughed three times, and each 

 time between plowing, it was harrowed and cultivated as above. 

 The object of so much labor w^as for the purpose of destroying the 

 thistle. 



Time and manner of sowing. 



Ans. It was sowed about the 13th of September, 1844. 



Kind of seed, and quantity per acre. 



Ans. The kind of seed was Soul's. The quantity per acre was 

 about 1| bushels. 



After culture. 



Ans. After sowing it was cultivated and then harrowed. 



Time and manner of harvesting. 



Ans. Harvested about the 23d July, 1845, and cradled and raked 

 up and bound into bundles in the usual way. The grain was thrash- 

 ed by and with thrashing machine. 



The whole expense per acre of producing and harvesting the 

 crop, as near as can be stated, including the value of seed, the labor 

 of men and teams at cost, was 



Four plowings, $5 00 



" harrowings, 1 00 



" cultivatings, 1 50 



IS bushels seed, 1 75 



Harvesting, 3 00 



Threshing, 8 cts. per bushel, 4 08 



Interest of land at $30, 2 10 



$18 43 



Yield for one acre was 49^ bushels, by measure, and 

 w^eighed 62 lbs. per bushel, which will make 51/^ 

 bushels at $1, $51 14 



Deduct for expenses of men, teams, &c., 18 43 



Leaving a nett profit of $32 71 



This statement is for one acre of wheat of the Souls variety, 

 I will now give another statement for one acre of wheat of the 

 White Flint variety, which grew in the same field, underwent all the 

 expense that the other did, being in same field, and cultivated both 

 at the same time, and sowed on the same day, which yielded me as 

 follows : 



