130 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



To manure - - S78 50 



labor on manure 42 63 



labor, preparing ground 48 75 



Carried to ' 79 account - $169 88 



FIELD NO. 7. 



This field has been used for pasture for most of the year. Much of the brush 



has been burned, some timothy seed has been sown, and some wood has been 

 cut. The account of the field is as follows : 



Dr. Cr. 



To wood, as per inventory, '77 $211 00 



rails - 2 70 



labor, on wood cut, etc 117 09 



to timothy seed 1 00 



By 4:2k cords 4-ft. wood, @ $2.25 ) ..„. .„ 



46i " 18-in. " @$1.20.-- [ 5>i04 4d 



14 cords wood (Inv.), @ $1.50 2100 



5 " " " @ $1.00 5 00 



100 fence stakes (Inv.), @ 3c 3 00 



3U cords wood (Inv.), @ $2.00 63 00 



rails to farm department 2 70 



balance (permanent improvement) 72 66 



$331 79 $331 79 



A large part of the labor in this field has been in clearing and burning, iso as 

 to fit the field as rapidly as possible for cultivation. 



FIELD NO. 8 



was in corn when the last report was closed, the corn standing in the shock, 



unhusked. The corn was harvested, and the stalks secured in good order. The 



account with this crop was as follows : 



Dr. Cr. 



To corn as per inventory '77 8280 00 



stalks as per Inventory ' 77 40 00 



harvesting crop 115 38 



labor on experimental corn 3 36 



By corn $448 05 



20 tons stalks @ $2.00 40 00 



To balance 49 31 



$488 05 $488 05 



The estimate of corn was too low, as the field yielded 1G2G bushels of ears, or 

 at the rate of 81j bnshels per acre. The corn cost in the crib, 24 cents per 

 bushel, nearly. 



The potato croji of 1877, three acres, was rather poor; the account is as 

 follows : 



