CLOVER — COST OF RAISING CORN. 453 



Proceeds of three bushels per acre 



at $6.00 per bushel - - - $18 00 

 First crop of grass - - - 1 50 



Straw after threshing - - 1 00 



Net profit ... - 10 24 



Total - - - - $20 50 $20 50 



I owined the first huller in the county. It was a John C. 

 Birdsell, and I used it eight years. I have raised a few crops 

 of Alsike clover seed, and my land is well seeded. My cattle, 

 sheep and horses are fond of it, and of all clover hay. I never 

 have seen any damage resulting to horses yet from eating it, 

 when it is well cured by salt. 



CORN. 



Corn is now the staple crop, to whicli I have turned my 

 a,ttention since wheat has failed. I also raise hogs and fatten 

 cattle. The following are the figures for raising corn per acre : 



Interest on investment - - - - $3 00 



Plowing one acre - - - - 1 00 



Seed, marking and planting - - - 37 



Dragging, before and after - - 50 



Cultivating four times - - - 1 37 



Picking and cribbing - - - - 1 50 



Total $7 74 



Proceeds of forty bushels at twenty- 

 five cents per bushel - - $10 00 



Stalks 50 



Net 2 76 



$10 50 $10 50 



CATTIE. 



When I commenced cattle raising on the farm, I had forty 

 head of common cattle. I have greatly improved them, using 

 high grade or Durham bulls. I breed my heifers at three years 

 old. At first my stock roamed at large. I cut hay from the 

 same land, and gave little attention to tame grass. Since the pas- 



