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Returns — Stover on an acre = 1 ton of hay, 15 00 



50 bushels corn, . . . 50 00 



65 00 



Balance in favor of corn, $20 00 



The cultivation in this case is quite expensive, and the return 

 of stover, in value, large. The cost of manure is great ; and 

 the crop is not so large as this cultivation should make it. 



5. In Pepperell, the expense of cultivating an acre of corn is 

 represented as follows. In this case, it is understood to follow 

 potatoes. This reduces the expense of ploughing. 



Ploughing, 2 00 ; furrowing and harrowing, 50 ; 



seed, 25, ........ 2 75 



Manure, 12 loads, equal to 4 cords — carrying out and 



manuring in the hill, .... 

 Three hoeings and horse, 4 00 ; topping stalks, 1 00, 

 Gathering, 1 50 ; husking 40 bushels, 2 25, 



Returns — Corn fodder, .... 

 Corn, 40 bushels. 



Balance in favor of corn, 1^22 50 



6. In Dunstable. Expense of an acre of corn. 



Ploughing, 3 00 ; harrowing, planting, and getting 



out manure, 4 00, 

 Fifteen loads or four cords of manure in the hill. 

 Harrowing, both ways, 1 00 ; first hoeing, 1 50, 

 Second and third hoeing, 2 50 ; topping and tying 



up stalks, 1 50, . 

 Cutting up and getting in, 1 00 ; husking, 3 00, 



37 50 



