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August 12th, harrowed the stubble. 



August 20th, burned the stubble on the ground. 



September 1st, sowed six quarts timothy and one peck red- 

 top, occupying man and team one day. 



May 10, 18GG, sowed grass seed in spots where seed sown in 

 fall did not come up. 



July 30, 18GG, cut the grass. 



August 1, 18G6, raked and carted two tons of excellent hay, 

 the ground being hard enough to bear the weight of the oxen, 

 and loaded cart without difficulty. 



There lias been no sand, loam or compost whatever applied to 

 this piece, the only means of enriching it being the ashes left by 

 burning the grass roots and oat stubble. 



The expenses of the experiment are given below,- and perhaps 

 it may be said in conclusion, that this acre is quite as valuable 

 as a four acre plot adjoining, for which the owner proposed the 

 snug price of two hundred dollars per acre. 



Expenses. 

 One acre land costing in 1860, 

 Tax of the commission 1863, . 

 Burning in 186-1, .... 

 One-half cost of 40 rods ditch, 

 Harrowing three times, 1865, 

 Burning twice, 1865, 

 3} bushels oats (seed,) . 

 7 quarts grass seed, 1865, 

 Sowing, ..... 



4 clays' labor cutting and carting oats, 

 6 quarts timothy and 1 peck redtop, sow 

 Seed and sowing seed, spring of 186G, 

 3 days' labor getting hay, 1866, 



Total expense including care of crops, 



l in fall, 



$5 00 



$43 97 



Profits. 



1865, two and two-fifths tons of oats, 



1866, two tons English hay, . 

 One acre of good land, . 



$43 20 



50 00 



100 00 



$193 20 



