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dollars ; housing corn and stover, forty dollars ; total, six 

 hundred and seventeen dollars and a half. Deduct thirty- 

 six tons of stover at six dollars per ton equals two hundred 

 and sixteen dollars, and leaves four hundred and one dollars 

 and a half as the net cost of the corn, which will be about 

 thirty-nine cents and a half per bushel. 



[Statement of Albert Thomas of Middleborough.] 



My corn grew on a dark, sandy loam which was in grass 

 without dressing the past two years. This spring it was 

 ploughed about eight inches deep, well harrowed and fur- 

 rowed. Forty loads of good manure were ploughed in. It 

 was jjlanted on May 8, with one peck of Whitman corn in 

 hills three feet by three feet and a half apart, putting a little 

 compost in each hill. Cultivated both ways three times, and 

 hoed. I cut the stalks at the usual time, and harvested in 

 October. One rod was previously selected as an average, 

 which produced at the rate of 85||- bushels to the acre. I 

 estimate the fodder to be worth thirty dollars, and think one- 

 half of the manure is left in the ground. Expenses : plough- 

 ing, harrowing, &c., seven dollars ; manure used by the crop, 

 thirty dollars; seed and planting, two dollars; cultivation, 

 eight dollars ; harvesting, five dollars ; total, fifty-two dollars. 



We think Mr. Thomas values his fodder pretty high for 

 this year, and that he pats the labor of harvesting rather 

 low. 



