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the corn was covered about two inches. The after culture was as 

 follows : June 9th, run the cultivator through the rows both ways, 

 and finished hoeing the first time on the l8th of June. On the 8th 

 of July finished hoeing the second and last time, and previous to the 

 second hoeing, the cultivator was run through the corn one way, 

 north and south, the corn being too high and thick on the ground to 

 allow the cultivator to operate east and west. While hoeing the 

 first and second time, the hills were thinned so as to leave an ave- 

 rage of from three to four stalks to the hill ; in hilling the corn, the 

 surface was left as nearly level as could well be done. On or about 

 the 8th of September, commenced cutting the corn as near the roots 

 as could be done, and bound up in stooks, and about the 1st of Oct., 

 husked the corn on the field and put the corn in crib. 



The expense of plowing the land, cultivating, husking and shel- 

 ling the corn on the two acres, cannot differ materially either way 

 from the following statement : 



Expense of cultivation. 



Fall plowing, 2 acres man and team, 2 days at 16* ^4 00 



50 loads of unfermented manure, drawing and spreading at 



3^, per load, 18 75 



7 loads compost manure put in hills, 6s. per load, 5 25 



4 days work dropping compost manure in hills, 6*., 3 00 



1 day team dragging in manure, 16^., 2 00 



1 " furrowing for planting, man and one horse, 125.,. . . 1 50 



5 " labor in planting, 3 75 



I " man and horse running cultivator both ways, 12^,. . 1 13 



7 " labor in hoeing corn first time, 6^, 5 25 



i " man and horse, running cultivator one way, 12s, .... 75 



8 " work harrowing second and last time, 6^, 6 00 



About 8 days work in cutting and stocking corn, 6s, 6 00 



About 2 bushels seed corn, 4s. 6d, 1 13 



Threshing or shelling 182 i bushels corn at 4 cents per bu- 

 shel, 7 28 



Interest on two acres land, one year, valued at $100, per 

 acre, .^ , 14 00 



$79 79 



From Nov. 19th, to Dec. 6th, shelled, 69J bushels, 



January 12th finished shelling the remainder, 104^ " 

 There was on the two acres 28 bushels nubbing 

 ears of corn, which were not shelled, but 

 which I calculate was equal to nine bushels 



shelled corn, 9 " 



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