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Oat Crop of '77. 



Dr. Cr. 



To oats as per inventory "T? $138 50 



threshing - G 10 



By 431 bush, oats, @ 30c. S130 20 



10 tons straw, @ 13.00 30 00 



To buhmce 15 GO 



SIGO 20 *1G0 20 



The crop in 1878 upon this field has been oats and barley, and the land has 

 been prepared for the wheat crop tliat follows it. The account is as follows: 



Dr. Cr. 



To preparing ground for barley S9 77 



seed barley 9 11 



harvesting barley 13 99 



liarvesting and threshing 6 50 



threshing 197 bush., @ 4c 7 88 



By 197 bush, barley, @ 50c $98 50 



5 tons straw, @ $2.00 10 00 



To balance 61 25 



$108 50 $108 50 



The south part of the field, 5 acres, was in barley. The yield, nearly 40 

 bushels per acre. The cost in the granary was nearly 24 cents per bushel. 

 The barley was drilled in at the rate of 2^ bushels per acre. 



Oat Crop, 1878. 



Dr. Cr. 



To preparing ground for and sowing $44 96 



seed... - - -. 29 92 



harvesting... 49 34 



By oats, 800 bu., at 20c, estimated, as per inventory, '78... $176 00 



straw, as per inventory, '78 110 00 



Tobalance - 161 78 



$286 00 $286 00 



The oats sown were of White Schoonen variety, and were drilled in east and 

 west at the rate of 2^ bushels per acre. Tiie crop is unthrashed, as yet, and 

 was raised on the north side of the field, 23 acres. 



There was $1.59 of permanent improvement put upon the field during the 

 year. 



After the oat crop was taken off the barley and oat stubble was immediately 

 plowed for wheat. The land has been harrowed once, in which condition it 

 now remains. It may be of interest to remark here that many larvtt of the 

 Hessian fly were found in the barley and some, even, in the oats ; thus showing 

 that they are not wholly partial to wheat, but may attack other kinds of grain. 

 The cost of tlie wheat ground as prepared is — 



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