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Cr. 



By 70|f bushels barley at 45., $35 36 



Straw worth $2, 2 00 



$37 36 



Deduct expense, 15 38 



Profit per acre, $21 98 



NATHANIEL S. WRIGHT. 



Soil in good condition at the commencement of cultivation, com- 

 posed mostly of gravel, with a portion of clay and sandloam. 



Previous crop barley, with one plowing, and seed well harrowed in. 



Sowed with three bushels two-rowed barley to each acre, broadcast, 

 about the 25th of April. 



Harvested the 25th of July, with cradle, and bound in sheaves. 

 Cleaned in the ordinary way, with fanning mill. 



Product one hundred and seventeen bushels and thirty-four pounds, 

 by actual weight. 



Cr. 



By 117|| bushels, at 4^., $58 85 



« straw, 4 00 



62 85 



Expense of cultivation. 



One day plowing, at 12s., $1 50 



One and a half day harrowing, 12s., 2 25 



Four days harvesting, 8s., 4 00 



Carting, 1 50 



40 loads manure, 2^., 10 00 



Threshing and cleaning, 6 00 



Six bushels seed, 4s., 3 00 



Interest on land, 5 60 



$33 85 



Profit, $29 00 



