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Wilcox harrow, Gorham's sulky cultivator, the Union corn- 

 planter, with drilling attachment, the Buckeye mower, and 

 Tiger riding horse-rake. 



FIRST CORN CROP. 



My land was broken in the Summer of 1878 at a cost of 

 one dollar and seventy-five cents per acre. In the Fall and the 

 next Spring, I turned it back, which was worth one dollar and 

 fifty cents per acre. I harrowed the ground three times — 

 twice before planting, and once after the corn was up, — and 

 cultivated it three times. The harrowing, planting and culti- 

 vating would be worth seventy-five cents an acre, and the 

 husking two cents a bushel. Seventy-five bushels to the acre, 

 husking would be worth one dollar and fifty cents per acre, 

 making a total expense for production, per acre, of five dollars 

 and fifty cents, or seven and one-third cents per bushel. 



RESULTS. 



I paid ten dollars an acre for my land, and have eighty 

 acres in corn. This eighty acres cost eight hundred dollars. 

 I calculate that I have raised seventy-five bushels an aci^e on 

 an average, or six thousand bushels on the eighty acres. At 

 twenty-five cents a bushel (the market price) this gives fifteen 

 hundred dollars. Deducting four hundred and forty dollars, 

 the cost of production, and eight hundred dollars, cost of my 

 land, I find a remainder of two hundred and fifty dollars, 

 besides the corn stalks, which are worth fifty dollars for my 

 stock. 



STOCK. 



I convert my corn into beef and pork, which brings me 

 fifty cents a bushel for my corn. This is a stock country, and 

 I consider the Short-Horn cattle the best. My cows are mostly 

 grades, and I have some full bloods. I use a pedigree Short- 

 Horn bull with all my cows. 



HOW TO FEED. 



I believe it to be the best way to feed steers and keep 

 them growing from the time they are dropped till they are 



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