GRAIN CROPS. 



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expense of crop for manure taken from soil by present crop, 

 which I think is a full amount. 



Expense of Crop. 

 Cost of ploughing, . 



" seed, .... 



" harrowing, . 



" harvesting and threshing, 

 Interest on land. 

 Manure previously applied used by crop, 



Total, 



Value of Crop. 



30f bushels wheat at $2, 

 2,185 pounds straw at $10 per ton, 



Total, .... 

 Deduct expense. 



Profit, 



Statement of C. JS. Cooler/ 



$28 50 



$61 50 

 10 92 



$72 42 

 28 50 



$43 92 



Rye. — The amount of ground sown was 150 rods, the soil 

 (in the main) Avas a light, sandy loam. The crop of 1873 

 was corn, manured with six cords of stable-manure, spread 

 on turf, and ploughed under seven inches in depth ; then put 

 two cords of compost from barn-yard on the furrow and har- 

 rowed it in, the land being in somewhat exhausted condition. 

 The crop of corn was light, perhaps 40 bushels to the acre. 

 The crop of 1874 was corn ; used six cords of stable-manure, 

 with a small quantity of phosphate in the hill ; crop much 

 better than the first yield, 60 or 70 bushels to the acre. For 

 the crop of rye, ploughed the ground the 20th of September, 



1874, six inches deep ; sowed one bushel and one peck of rye 

 on the furrow ; worked it in thoroughly with pulverizer, then 

 sowed 10 pounds herdsgrass-seed, and harrowed lightly and 

 smoothed down with loaded stone-boat. The middle of April, 



1875, sowed six pounds of clover-seed and twenty bushels of 

 ashes on top of a light snow. Harvested the 25th of July ; 

 mowed the stubble and grass the middle of September ; yield, 

 per acre, 34 bushels 33 pounds ; straw, 2,215 pounds ; stubbl 

 and hay, 1,960 pounds. 



