DEPARTMENT REPOETS. 131 



Dr. Cr. 



To potatoes, as per Inventory '7? SGG 00 



labor in harvesting 25 23 



By potatoes sold $77 84 



balance.-- - 13 38 



$91 22 $91 22 



The yield was 227-J- bushels, of which the large ones were sold at 30 to 40 

 cents per bnshel, and the smaller ones at 15 cents. The yield was estimated in 

 the Inventory at 220 bushels. The Cornpton's Surprise did so poorly that they 

 will be abandoned next year. 



riELD NO. 9 



was being cut for clover seed at the close of the last report ; the crop was esti- 

 mated to bo worth $75.00. The crop was secured in good order; has been 

 threshed and yielded 32^ bushels or 1.27 bushels per acre. The field was to be 

 in pasture, but the large amount of pasturage on some other fields led me to 

 change the plan slightly and cut an early crop of rowen hay. The grass was 

 cut commencing June 17, when the timothy was with the head in the sheath 

 and the clover only sliowing an occasional blossom. The crop was secured in 

 fine order, a little rain falling on four or five tons, but not enough to damage 

 it. The yield was 4,100 ibs. per acre or over two tons. The account of the 

 field is as follows : 



Dr. Cr. 



To clover seed as 2)er inventory - - - - $75 00 \ 



labor in clover seed. - 47 85 ^ 



labor in hay - 82 40 



labor on fence --- 1 18 



sowing plaster — 3 



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1,200 lbs. plaster® $4. 50 -- 2 70 



labor on drains -- - 2 96 



threshing clover seed, 324- bush. @ $1.00 32 50 



By 32.V bush, clover seed @ $4.50 $146 25 



97,311 lbs. of hay @ $8.00 -- - 387 24 



permanent improvement 4 14 



To balance 289 81 



$537 63 $537 63 



The hay cost about $1.83 per ton delivered in the barn, for labor and plaster 

 sown. The clover seed cost $2.95 per bushel delivered in the granary. This 

 field is now in pasture. 



FIELD NO. 10. 



This field was already sown to Clawson wheat, the wheat being inventoried 

 at $220.00 on the ground, or at $10.00 per acre. The Hessian fly did very lit- 

 tle damage in this field, and the -wheat was a very good crop both as regards 

 quantity and quality. That sown on the drained muck bed did not succeed 

 very well, but the ground was seeded and had become so dry that the reaper 



