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EXTRACT FROM ONEIDA COUNTY REPORT. ' 



PHILO GRISWOLD. 



Quantity of ground, one quarter of an acre ; soil, clay loam, with 

 gravel ; previous crop, potatoes ; plowed twice to the depth of ten 

 inches ; seed sowed the first of May, at the rate of five ounces to the 

 quarter of an acre ; harvested ofi" one-fourth of an acre 415i| bushels. 



Expense and profit of the crop. 



Product, 415i| bushels carrots at 16 cts. per bushel, .... |66 44 



Expense, 5oz. seed, |0 42 



1 day rolling and harrowing, 1 50 



J day planting, 38 



7 days hoeing and weeding, 5 25 



12 days digging and harvesting, 9 00 



Interest on land at $40 per acre at 7 per cent, 70 



$17 25 



Profit on crop, $49 19 



Vernon, Oneida co. 



LUCIUS WARNER. 



.^warded second premium. 



Soil, clay, gravel, sand and loam ; previous crop, carrots and man- 

 gel wurtzels ; plowed three times, eight or nine inches deep ; sowed 

 on a quarter of an acre five ounces of seed, in drills, sixteen inches 

 apart, and left three or four inches apart in drills. There were twelve 

 loads of manure plowed in at the last plowing. There were 386 bu- 

 shels raised on the above mentioned quarter of an acre. 



Expense and profit of crop. 



Product, 386 bushels at Is. 6d. per bushel, $72 38 



Expense, 3 plowings, half a day, $0 75 



12 loads yard manure, 3 00 



5oz. of seed, 5 35 



One-eighth of a day harrowing and rolling, 19 



One-fourth of a day sowing, 12 



7 days hoeing and weeding, 3 50 



9 days digging and harvesting, 4 50 



Interest on land at 7 per cent, 1 75 



$14 16 



Profit on one fourth of an acre, $58 22 



