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I raised on this acre tliirty-tlirce bushels, thrasher's measure, 

 and this would leave me a profit as follows : 



Labor, . . . . $9 50 



Seed, . . . . 3 50 



13 00 

 33 bushels wheat at $2, $66 00 



Leaving net profit of, . . $53 00 



Mr. Blake sowed one and one-eighth of an acre of oats : " For 

 description of soil, I refer you to my statements on wheat, 

 especially the one on one acre wheat, as the oats were on the 

 same tract of cleared land. I sowed the seed on the 12th day 

 of May, and put on to one hundred and eighty square rods, 

 three and three-fourths bushels of oats ; harvested them in Au- 

 gust ; raised on the one hundred and eighty square rods ninety- 

 two bushels, or eighty-one and seven-ninths bushels to the acre ; 

 and I submit the following estimae : 



Clearing land, . . . . $4 00 



Sowing and harrowing, . . . 3 00 



Harvesting and thrashing, . . 8 50 



Seed, 3f bushels, . . . . 1 88 



n 38 



92 bushels oats at 45 cents, . $41 40 



Leaving a balance of . . . $24 02 



John Allen raised beans '' on one acre of ground, light loam, 

 sowed with wheat last year ; after being broken up in the spring, 

 and lightly manured after the wheat was taken off, the ground 

 was plowed, and last spring was cross plowed and lightly ma- 

 nured, and planted with white yellow-eyed beans, June 3d, in 

 drills about two feet apart ; put two beans in a place, and about 

 six to eight inches apart; took about one bushel for an acre; 

 harvested them the last of September ; had on an acre twenty- 

 seven bushels of excellent beans, a sample of which is pre- 

 sented." 



He also applied for premium on " carrots raised on one-fourth 

 of an acre ; soil, sandy loam, very few small round stones in it ; 

 soil about one foot deep, is fine, and when dried under the ac- 

 tion of the sun, is light and friable : was plowed, manured and 



