34 



Scraping 1000 lbs. |3 30 ; board of man 5 days $1 07, 4 37 

 Rent of land, 1 acre, 16 00 



$49 06 



The sales of the above brush 1000 lbs. at 8i cts. pr lb. 8.5 00 

 Seed upon above acre, . . . . . . 2 77 



$87 77 



Net profit per acre, f 38 71 



This product may be deemed unusual ; but there is no diffi- 

 culty under suitable cultivation in obtaining it. The price is 

 not extraordinary ; and had the brush in this case, been kept 

 until the spring, it would have brought 12J cents per lb. 



Another esiimate by a good farmer, is as follows : 



Ploughing, $4 00; dragging, $1 00 ; manure, $12 00; 



seed, 25 cents, . . . . . . 17 25 



Planting 2 feet by 3^ feet apart, 75, . . . 75 



First hoeing, $4 68 ; 2d hoeing, |2 34 ; 3d hoeing, |1 17, 8 19 

 Gathering brush and scraping seed off, . . 12 00 



|38 00 



Returns. 



700 lbs. of brush at 8 cents, . . . . 56 00 



40 bushels seed at 25 cents, . . . . 10 00 



$66 00 

 Net profit per acre, $27 81 



No charge is here made for the rent of the land. 



8. Hops. — Hops are raised in one or two towns in the coun- 

 ty with considerable success. This cultivation is mainly con- 

 fined to the town of Northfield. I shall subjoin the returns 



