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The corn cost 65 cents and 6 mills per bushel. Now should wc 

 subtract one half the expense of manure, as is the practice of those 

 who contend for premiums, it would have cost but 46 cents and 7 

 mills per bushel. My object in this experiment is to prove that the 

 largest crops are not always the most profitable. 



Robert Mansfield. 



West Needham, November, 1853. 



STATEMENT OF B. F. DUDLEY, ON EYE. 



The land on which this rye was raised was used as pasture until 

 the fall of 1851, when it Avas ploughed with a J\Iichigan plough. 

 The following spring it was planted with corn, potatoes, and barley. 

 These crops were manured in the hill, with about four cords to the 

 acre ; the barley was manured at the same rate, spread broadcast. 



These crops were taken off, and on the 7th of October, 1852, the 

 rye was sown. 



The land from which this crop was taken contains a fraction short 

 of three acres. 



EXPENSE OF THE CROP. 



Ploughing, $10.00 



6 cords pig manure and carting, - - - 36.00 



20 bushels leached ashes and old plaster, 2.00 



3 8-4 bushels rye, and sowing, - - - 4.60 



