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7,200 lbs. I give the statement of expenses as near as I can. 

 I charge only three-fourths of the yard manure to the corn crop, 

 as I believe it has not taken more than that. 



Value of crop :: — 

 93 1 bushels of corn, il, . 

 7,200 lbs of corn fodder, |6, 



7 bushels of soft corn, 25 cts., 



Expenses : — 

 Manure on the field. 

 Guano, ..... 



Ploughing, harrowing and planting, 

 Hoeing,^tIu-ee times. 

 Harvesting, ..... 

 Interest on land, .... 



Net profit, 

 Sunderland, November 10, 1856. 



1116 60 



$37 00 

 $79 60 



Statement of John M. Smith. 



My corn was raised on land which may be called clayey loam, 

 and measures five acres, sixty-four rods. I had about three 

 acres of it in grass for three years previous to 1855. In the 

 spring of 1855, I ploughed in ten loads of manure to the acre, 

 planted corn, and had a fair crop. In the spring of 1856, I put 

 on twelve loads to the acre, and ploughed in. The remainder 

 of the piece was in grass for three years previous to this season, 

 and was manured in the same way, excepting one acre, which 

 was cultivated as follows : One-half was ploughed in November, 

 1855, and the other half in the spring of 1856. Twenty loads 

 of compost manure were spread on the whole acre and harrowed 

 in. I could perceive no difference in the growth of the crop, in 

 consequence of the two modes of ploughing. There was no 

 trouble from worms. I ploughed seven inches deep, and planted 

 with Woodward's planter, between the 15th and 25th of May, 

 and put in eight bushels of ashes to the acre. The corn is the 

 " twelve-rowed Dutton variety." The stalks stood three feet 



