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Thrasliing, . . . . . . $3 00 



$10 00 



20J bushels wheat at $2, . . $35 87^ 



Trofit, . . . . . . 25 87J 



$35 87J 

 Barley. — Plowing, sowing, harrowing and harvesting, $10 00 

 34 bushels barley at 80 cents, . $27 20 



Profit, . ' . . . . 17 20 



$27 20 



John C. Clement planted an acre of corn on a piece of ground 

 planted to corn the year before. Soil, a sandy loam ] planted 

 about the middle of May, and harvested October 2 ; top stalks 

 were cut off. Raised two hundred and seven and three-fourths 

 bushels of ears of corn, worth forty cents per bushel. He does 

 not state how he manured or with what, or how much, or at 

 what expense he grew the crop. 



J. 0. Tilton raised an acre of corn on a gravelly soil, under- 

 laid by an open and gravelly subsoil. The soil eight or ten 

 inches deep, light in color, and free from stone. It was a piece 

 of ground that had laid waste for five or six years in conse- 

 quence of grass seed not taking. Last year it was plowed and 

 planted to potatoes. Spread on ten loads of long manure and 

 plowed in, and then put about twenty loads of hog manure in 

 the hill. Planted May 13 ; harvested last of September and 

 first of October. Produce one hundred and eighty-three bush- 

 els of ears of corn. Expense of planting, hoeing and harvest, 

 ing, $20. Crop valued at $80. The details are not such as to 

 enable one to determine the profit. 



Matthew Ritchie grew corn on a slaty soil, light and friable, 

 and of a dark color. The subsoil is a rotten ledge. It is 

 rather stony, and has been planted to corn two consecutive 

 years. About eight cords of green manure was spread and 

 plowed in six inches deep. The corn was planted June first, 

 in hills three and a half feet each way. It was cultivated 

 and hoed twice, and harvested the last of September. '' Cut it 

 up at the roots when it was well turned. This I consider ]\iQ 



