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Cr. 



Number of bushels of grain, and value — 63||^ 



bushels, value $31 75 



Value of straw and stalks, 1 00 



$32 75 

 Expense, 8 50 



Profit, , . $22 25 



ERASTUS DAYTON. 



Statement of the method of cultivation, &c., of one acre of barley 

 raised by Erastus Dayton, of Vernon. 



Soil, clay and gravel ; previous crop, potatoes ; number of plow- 

 iags, two ; depth of furrow, six inches ; time of sowing or planting, 

 about the 15th of May. 



Dr. 



Quantity of seed per acre and expense, 4 bushels, $2 00 



One day's plowing, 1 50 



Harrowing, half day, 75 



Planting, 25 



Harvesting two days, 2 00 



Threshing, 2 50 



Interest on land at 7 per cent, 2 80 



$11 80 



Cr, 



Number of bushels of grain and value — 63/^ 



bushels, value $31 60 



Value of straw and stalks, 2 00 



$33 60 



Expense, 11 80 



Profit,.. $21 80 



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