141 



The manure was furnished on the farm, and the stalks and 

 straw may be considered as a full equivalent for the manure, 

 seed and threshing. 



2. Produce of three and a half acres of land in Deerfield- 

 street, in 1833. 



Hay, 3 J tons, at 12 dollars per ton, 

 Winter wheat, 11 bushels, at $1 50 cents per bushe!, 

 Stubble and clover, one ton, at 4 dollars per ton, 

 Corn fodder, three tons, valued at . 

 Indian corn, one hundred and twenty bush, at 80 cts. 

 Potatoes, one hundred and seventeen bush, at 20 cts. 

 Apples, sixty bushels, at twelve and a half cents per 

 bushel, ........ 



Pumpkins, one cart-load, ..... 



!^199 40 



3. I give, in the subjoined case, the actual expenses of culti- 

 vating several lots of land on the same farm the same year, 

 with the returns. The expenses include every thing until the 

 delivery of crops in the barn, with the exception of threshing 

 the grain, and the interest upon the value of the land. I have 

 myself affixed the value of the crops, as nearly as I could as- 

 certain it at the prices then current in the county. 



1. Four acres and 106 rods in Indian corn. 

 Whole expenses of cultivation, .... ^90 83 



Returns. 352 bush, of corn, at 75 cents, 264 00 



Corn fodder, ten tons, at 4 dollars, 40 00 



304 00 



2. Three and a half acres in corn. 



Whole expenses of cultivation, .... 109 75 



Returns. Corn, 236i bushels, at 75 cents per 



bushel, . . . . 177 37J 



Fodder, 9 tons, at 4 dollars, . 36 00 



213 37^ 



