COST OF CORN PER BUSHEL. 



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present year as unused, and remaining in the soil, and to 

 make no account of the benefit derived by Mr. Littlefield's 

 crop from the dressings of previous years. 



In our estimate of the cost per bushel we have taken 

 eighty pounds of ears as equal to one bushel of shelled corn. 

 As corn was unusually dry when harvested this year, we 

 think it will be fair to do so, and will give a more truthful 

 result of the cost per bushel than to reckon eighty-five 

 pounds of ears to the bushel, as we usually do. It will, of 

 course, make no difference to the competitors either way, 

 only in the apparent number of bushels. In order to arrive 

 at a fair and impartial verdict to all parties in awarding these 

 premiums, we have compared and adjusted their several 

 statements with each other, and with all the facts and. cir- 

 cumstances known to us in connection therewith, as well as 

 we could. Neitlier of the parties has made as full and 

 detailed a statement of the time employed and price per 

 hour as could be wished. Mr. Thompson, however, informs 

 us that he allowed twelve cents and a half per hour for a 

 man, and fifteen cents per hour for his oxen ; and we have 

 takeli that as a basis, and in our arrangement made the 

 others conform as nearly as possible. We have allowed, as 

 stated before, for one-third of the applied dressing as remain- 

 ing unused, and have credited the stover in each case at fif- 

 teen dollars. The following is a statement of the compara- 

 tive expense of the three crops as arranged by us, and on 

 which the award is based : — 



