GRAIN CROPS. 



147 



Expense of Crop. 



Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Manure, .... 

 Seed and planting, . 

 Cultivation, 

 Harvesting, 



Total, 



$99 00 



From which a reasonable deduction should be made for the 

 value of the manure and ashes remaining in the land, and 

 chargeable to future crops. 



Statement of Albert Thomas. 



The acre of corn I entered for premium is a strong sandy 



loam, having a northerly exposure ; it was mowed in 1873 



and 1874, no manure being applied; ploughed May 11, 1875, 



eight inches deep, turning in forty loads, of thirty bushels 



each, of barn-cellar manure ; harrowed and furrowed ; planted 



May 25, in rows three and a half by three feet apart, putting 



in the hills fifteen bushels of a mixture of equal parts of ashes, 



plaster and hen-manure, and using twelve quarts of Whitman 



corn ; cultivated both ways twice, and hoed twice. Product : 



89|| bushels of corn and three tons of fodder. The corn was 



ver}' good, though not quite as heavy as it would have been 



had it been fully ripe before being touched by the frost. I 



think one-half the manure remains in the ground for future 



crops. 



Expense of Crop 



Ploughing and harrowing, $8 00 



Manure, 56 00 



Seed and planting, ......... 4 50 



Hoeing, 8 00 



Harvesting, 6 00 



Total, 



My corn I consider worth $1 per bushel, 

 And fodder, $12 per ton, . 



Total, 



$82 50 



89 87 

 36 00 



$125 87 



