No. 112] 439 



Statement of Albert Foster. 



One^acre of Corn. 



The soil on which my corn was raised the past season, was a 

 sandy loam ; the previous crop was grass ; I used twenty loads 

 of barnyard and stable manure to the acre. The ground was 

 plowed about the middle of April, about 8 inches deep, and was 

 well harrowed before planting, and was marked out in rows at 

 the distance of two feet and ten inches apart; planted in the mid- 

 dle of May, and manured in the hill with hog manure. 



Expense of Cultivation. 



Interest of land at $50 per acre, $3 50 



20 loads manure at 2s., 5 00 



1 day plowing at 16s., 2 00 



Harrowing at 2s. , 25 



1 bushel seed at 8s., , » . 25 



4 days harvesting at 6s., 3 00 



tl4 00 



The corn was sold, 94 bushels, at 6s., 70 50 



2 tons stalks, ... 10 UO 



$8L) 50 

 Deduct expenses, 14 00 



Net profit, $66 50 



To the above was awarded the first premium. 



Statement of Lewis Stevens. 



Wintrr Wheat which received the first premium. 



The land on which the wheat was raised had a crop of barley 

 the previous year. The soil is a gravelly loam, plowed once. 

 .Two bushels of seed to the acre, sowed dry by hand, both ways, 

 on plaster used on the crop, after sowing, well dragged in. The 

 number of bushels raised on 5 acres was 170, making an average 

 of 34 bushels to the acre. 



