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Binding and hauling in, - $0.75 



Scraping of the seed by machinery, 3.00 



Cleaning up seed, 0.50 



Interest on land, ... 3 50 



$29.86 



Crop .-1155 Ibs. brush a$4.50, $:&amp;gt;! 97 



81 &quot; Seed at 18 cents 15.19 



Manure for next crop, ... 3.14 



$70.29 



Net profit, . 40.40 



It will be observed that the wages and cost of horse labor are charged 

 much lower than the present raters. 



G25. When cultivated on a large scale, with appropriate buildings and 

 machinery for the manufacture of the brooms, the profit is said to be 

 much greater, than when the operations are performed on a small scale. 

 At present, much of the expense incurred in the above account would 

 be saved by the use of improved implements, and with better manage 

 ment. The goodness and elasticity of the brush appear to depend 

 partly on harvesting at the right moment, and partly on the soil and cli 

 mate. It is said that some soils invariably produce brush of a brittle 

 character. The seeds, for feeding purposes, are estimated as equal to 

 oats, but we are unable to find an organic analysis of them. (See Pat. 

 Office Report 1849, p. 462.) 



626. Inorganic analysis of the ripe Broom-corn brush with the seeds 

 (A,); and the quantity of such matter removed from the soil in a ton of 

 Brush and Seeds, (B). (Salisbury.) 



A B 



Silex 32.50 11. 960 Ibs. 



Earthy phosphates, - - 36.15 13.303 &quot; 



Lime, 0.40 0.147 



Magnesia, . 0.10 0.036 &quot; 



Potash, 27.32 10.053 &quot; 



Soda, - - 2 37 0.870 &quot; 



Chlorine, - 2.50 0.846 &quot; 



Sulphuric acid, - undetermined 



Composition of the asli of Broom-corn seed. (Salisbury.) 



Carbonic acid, - - not determined. 



Silicic acid, 41.975 



Sulphuric acid, - - not determined. 



Phosphoric acid, - 28.760 



Phosphate of peroxide of iron, - 0.525 



