Does it Pay to Raise Coi.n? 330 



'' Its anivlvsis exhibits Jin abundance of lat formins; prin- 

 ciples, and also a liberal supply of tl:c nutritious," 



As some figures arc necessary to show the actual profit or 

 loss in cultivating corn in Ycrmont, we herewith subjoin a 

 few facts and figures which arc in accordance with our expe- 

 rience in relation to flic cost of raising this article, taking as 

 a basis for calculation a field of ten acres. 



DEBIT. 



To breaking ten acres greensward ^40 00 



Cartiuo; 200 loads of manure 30 00 



Spreading and plowing in manure 20 00 



Harrowing 5 00 



Planting with machine or planter 4 00 



Hoeing twice, and horse to cultivate 30 00 



Cutting, binding and stooking 25 00 



Carting and husking 30 00 



200 loads of manure, coarse and strawy 100 00 



Interest on land 30 00 



Shellino; and marketino; 10 00 



Tools and incidentals $10 ; seed cord $4 14 00 



Cost of crop $338 00 



CKEDIT. 



By 400 bushels of corn at 75 cents $300 00 



20 tons of corn fodder 100 00 



30 loads of pumpkins 20 00 



Market value of crop $420 00 



338 00 



Net income from ten acres $82 00 



