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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



E. F. Bowditch, '■^ Millwood,^^ Framingham^ Mass. 

 07 J^ acres of corn, surveyed by C. J. Frost.) 



Cost of 199^ baskets of ears, per acre 

 Cost shelled corn, 99^*\j- bushels per acre 



$32.37 



32^ cents per bushel. 



In order to show the difference between hand labor and 

 machme habor, and between manure and fertilizer, it may be 

 well to compare these three crops, bringing the figures to 

 the same basis. We have, then, — 



Cost of 78^^ bushels (Manson) . 

 Cost of 82 bushels (Sturtevant) 

 Cost of 99.6 bushels (Bowditch) 



542.19 or 53.6 cts. per bushel. 

 16.17 or 19| cts. per bushel. 

 32.37 or 32^ cts. per bushel. 



We note in these figures that one bag of Stockbridge corn 

 manure gave Mr. Bowditch twelve bushels and a half shelled 



