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the best of any that I ever saw at that season, but the drought soon 

 coming on severely checked their grovv^th. The lot contained one 

 acre and fifteen square rods as surveyed last year by J. W. Sawyer, 

 and sent in as an experiment acre of corn. (See vol. Trans, for 1844, 

 page 174.) It was then manured with different kinds of manure. 

 This year I drew on the same piece of ground twenty loads of barn- 

 yard manure, which was spread evenly over the surface. The land 

 was plowed three times, and dragged after each plowing. We then 

 planted on ridges made with a small corn plow. Time of planting 

 was the second day of June, and the rows Were two feet apart. 

 *Half an acre and seven and a half square rods sugar beets, 



458 bushels, at 12 cents, $54 96 



Plowing and dragging three times, $2 25 



One and a half pounds seed, 5s 94 



One and a half days planting by hand, 4s 75 



Horse and cultivator, quarter of a day, 38 



Hoeing six and a quarter days, 4s. 3 12 



Oct. 24, harvesting and securing, eight days, 4s 4 00 



Ten loads manure, 2s 2 50 



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Expenses, $13 94 



Profit of half an acre and seven and a half square rods, . . . $41 02 



Half an acre and seven and a half rods mangel wurtzel, rows two 

 feet six inches apart, slightly mixed with white sugar beet by mis- 

 take, 443J bushels, 10 cents, $44 35 



Plo^^ing and dragging three times, $2 25 



One and a half pounds seed, 6s 94 



One and a half days planting by hand, 4s 75 



Horse and cultivator quarter of a day, 38 



Hoeing $ix days and a quarter, 4s 3 12 



Oct. 27tb, harvesting and securing, five days, 4s. . . . 2 50 

 Ten loads manure, 2s , 2 50 



Expenses, $12 44 



Profit of half an acre and seven and a half square rods, . . . $31 91 



There was but little difference in the quality of the land, being all 

 a sandy loam. Of the different kinds of manure the hog seemed to 

 have the most effect. 



