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stony ; plowed in tbe spring of 1856, and planted to potatoes ; 

 raised a good crop , depth of plowing, eight inches ; amount of ma- 

 nure per acre, eight cords — spread on and plowed in the same spring 

 (185G). Last spring plowed the same ground the 1st of June; 

 sowed the barley 10th of June ; sowed five and one-half bushels on 

 one and one-half acre of land; raised fifty-two bushels of good 

 barley. 



Expense : Plowing, . . . . . ^4 00 



Mowing, raking and hauling, . . . 5 00 



Seed, . . . . . . 5 50 



$U 50 

 Raised 52 bushels barley, worth 75c. per bushel, $39 00. 



From the land on Avhich my oats grew, I took ofi" two crops of 

 rye, one in 1855 and one in 1856 ; light top dressing in 1856 ; 

 plowed last May, eight inches deep ; raised on one acre forty bushels 

 of good oats ; sowed 16th of May; harvested in September; the soil 

 is as above stated. 



Expense : 4 bushels oats, worth 50c. per bushel, . $2 00 



Plowing, . . . . ; .. 2 00 



Harvesting, . . . . . . 3 00 



$1 00 

 40 bushels of oats, worth 40c. per bushel, . $16 00. 



Planted my potatoes on one acre of burnt land, the first of June ; 

 land burnt in May, 1857 ; used eight bushels of seed ; dug good 

 sized hill, dropped the seed in and covered two inches deep ; did not 

 hoe them ; harvested in October ; red loamy soil, deep and some- 

 what stony. 



Expense : Eight bushels seed, 50c. per bushel, . $4 00 



Planting, . . . . . . 8 00 



Harvesting, . . . . . . 6 00 



$18 00 

 Raised 250 bushels, worth 25c. per bushel, . $62 50. 



Also raised from two and one-half bushels of potatoes— the seed- 

 ling (so called) — seventy-five bushels. 



