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good table size, each tuber cut into four pieces or sets, and four 

 of the sets planted in a hill. The rows 3 feet apart; and the 

 hills 2 feet 4 inches asunder in the rows; the sets distributed in 

 the hills so as to be 6 indies asunder ; planting done on the 10th 

 and 11th days of May; hoed twice; dug in the month of Octo- 

 ber. 



Expenses of cultivation ^ ^x. 



Plowing and harrowing, $2 00 



12 bushe s seed at 4 shillings, 6 00 



Cutting seed, 38 



Planting, 1 00 



Plowing between rows, 100 



Hoeing twice, 2 50 



Harvesting done fur 3 cents per bushel, 17 00 



Manure, 40 loads, at 4 shillings, 20 00 



Use of land and taxes, 7 00 



Total, $56 89 



Amount of crop, 567 bushels. 



Value, at ^ shillings per bushel, 141 75 



Balance in favor of crop, $84 86 



Mr. Taylor's Statement. — Potatoes. 



Soil, gravelly loam. Had been in pasture since the time of 

 "clearing," perhaps 25 years; plowed first of May, harrowed 

 once ; planted 10th of May, in rows, 3 feet 3 inches apart each 

 way. Seed 12 bushels; variety, pink eyes and English whites; 

 applied a light top dressing of ashes and plaster, as soon as the 

 plants were out of the ground ; cultivated each way once ; hoed 

 once ; harvested the second week in October. 



Expense of cultivation &c. including seed, fer- 

 tilizers, use of land, and taxes, $25 50 



Amount of crop, 302 bushels, of 60 lbs. 



Value of crop at 25 cts. per bushel, 75 50 



Balance in favor of crop, $50 00 



