GRAIN CROPS. 



209 



COST. 



2 cords of barn manure, at $8 per cord, 



delivered, .... 



Phosphate of lime, 



Ploughing, .... 



Plants for setting, 



2 days setting out plants, 



5^ days hoeing, .... 



1 day covering, .... 



Half ton of hay, 



Uncovering in spring, and protecting 



against frost, 



1^ days weeding after uncovering, . 



Picking and marketing 790 boxes, at 9 



cts. per box, .... 

 Marketing plants, 



Profit, ..... 



2 00 

 5 00 



3 00 

 3 00 



71 10 



2 50 



$135 10 



$90 10 



In the foregoing statement, the interest on land, manure and 

 labor investment is not included, nor is any reckoning made of 

 the manure left in the soil, or of the vines left on the ground, 

 though the value of the last two items must exceed the interest 

 by several dollars ; should say ten dollars would be a low fig- 

 ure. Varieties, Wilson's and Downer's. 



The plants were set in the ground the first of May, 1870, 

 and the fruit gathered in June and July of the present year. 

 Commenced picking, June 12 ; ceased, July 6. 



Jedediah Dwelley. 



GRAW CROPS. 



ESSEX. 



Statement of J. C. and R. Jaqaes, West Newbury. 

 Indian Corn. — The crop of Indian Corn which we have 

 entered for premium grew on one acre of land. The soil is 



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