282 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 



was hand-hoed but once, and that a mere dressing out of the 

 large weeds j but I gave it three cultivatings twice in each row 

 with our horse hoe. I cut up my corn in the last week of Sep- 

 tember, husked during October. I had two loads of stalks or 

 330 bundles worth two cents each, which amounts to |6.60. My 

 corn was shelled on the 3d day of January last, and measured in 

 a sealed half bushel. There was 51f^ bushels, and as I have 

 mentioned before of the failure of seed corn the past year, I was 

 induced to plant in white beans, as I did, and raised 3^ bushels 

 of good beans. I will also exhibit a sample of them at the win- 

 ter meeting. My father thinks if the seed corn had come good I 

 would have had 15 bushels more of corn, and 75 or more bundles 

 of stalks. I have endeavored to carry out your rules. The 

 work has all been done by myself except the boy to drive wiiile 

 plowing, and assistance in drawing the stalks and shelling and 

 measuring the corn. My account is as follows, together with the 

 affidavit of the surveyor, myself, and person knowing to the 

 above, &c. 



The following is a statement of the expenses and value of 

 the same : 



Dr. 



June 2, 1856, to 2 days by self, at 4s., $1 00 



" " " " boy to drive, at 4s., 100 



" " " " teamtoplow, _ 2 00 



June 3, " 1 hour rolling with team, 2b 



" " 2 " harrowing, _ 38 



« " 1 " drilling, 25 



" " 12 quarts seed corn, 25 



June 14, " 9 bush, comp'd hen manure, &c., at lOc, 90 



" " 1 day api^lying manure, _ 50 



June 17, " half day cultivating first time, self and 



horse, twice in a row, 50 



" " I day cultivating 2d time, once in row,. . 25 



" a 1 u u 3j u u a 25 



July " 1 day hoeing or dressing,.. ._ 50 



Sept " 2i days cutting up, at 4s., _ 1 25 



Oct. " husking 110 bush, ears, at 4 cts., 4 40 



" " cribbing corn and drawing stalks, 1 00 



Jan. 3, 1857, to shelling and cleaning, at 2 cts., 1 00 



