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ToU days hoeing, 6s., 3.37 



cultivating, 4s., .50 



4 days harvesting, 6s., 3 .00 



136.37 



The product was 80 bushels to the acre, at 4s.=$40. 00— 36.37= 

 $3.63, for the use of the land ; or the corn cost $0.45 .5 per bushel, 

 besides the use of the land. 



Experiment No. V. 



Another tenth was planted in drills, three feet apart, the corn four 

 inches apart in the drills. It was manured with 25 loads of half rot- 

 ted manure, to the acre, put on after the plowing. 



The cost of production was as follows, reduced to acres: 



To plowing and harrrowing one acre, $1.50 



25 loads of manure, 2s 6 .25 



drilling in seed 4 days, 6s 3 . 00 



two hoeings, 3 days work each, 6s 4 .60 



cultivating, 4s." 50 



harvesting, (small ears) 4 days 6s 3 00 



$18.75 



The product was 55 bushels to the acre, at4s.=$27.50 — 18.75= 

 $8.75 for the use of the land j or the corn cost $0.34 per bushel, 

 besides the use of the land. 



Experiment No. VI. 



The remainder of the ground was planted in hills three feet by two 

 feet, six kernels in the hill, with a top dressing of twenty five loads 

 of half rotted manure to the acre. 



The cost of production, was as follows, reduced to acres: 



To plowing and harrowing one acre, $1 .50 



25 loads of manure, 2s 6 .25 



2 days work planting, 6s 1 .50 



4 h days hoeing, 6s 3 . 37 



Cultivating, 4s 50 



3 J days harvesting, 6s 2 .44 



$15.56 

 The product was 65^ bushels to the acre, at 4s.=$32 .75 — 15 ,56= 

 $17. 19, for the use of the land ; or the corn cost, besides the use of 

 the land, $0.23.7 per bushel. 



It is proper to say, that the cost of labor for such small parcels, is 

 a difficult thing to determine with perfect accuracy. 



The stalks being of such equal value upon each piece, I have sup- 

 posed it unnecessary to attempt any separate measurement ; neither 

 have I kept any separate account of the cost of the seed, for the 

 same reason. The whole was plastered, but the expense being so 

 slight, and costing the same for each piece, no account has been made 

 of it. The manure is charged at its full value, in each case, though 



