203 



Returns — Corn fodder, . . • • 15 00 



40 bushels corn, . . . 40 00 



55 00 



Balance in favor of corn, $17 50 



7. In Tyngsborough, the expense of cultivating an acre of 

 corn is given as follows : 



Ploughing, 4 00 ; seed, 12* ; planting, 2 00, . .6 12J 

 Ten loads compost manure, 25 00 ; getting out and 



applying manure, 6 00, 

 Hoeing twice, well, 7 00 ; topping stalks, 1 00, 

 Gathering, 2 00; husking, 5 00, 



Returns — Stalks and butts, 

 50 bushels corn, 



Balance in favor of corn, $15 87 J 



The expense in this estimate is very extraordinary. Manure 

 constitutes the great item ; but it is to be remembered that 

 only one crop is manured in the rotation, and the beneficial 

 effects of the manure are felt through four years at least. A 

 fourth of the expense only then should be properly charged 

 to the corn. The estimate of the corn fodder is high, but the 

 farmer rated it, when well cured, as equal to one and a quarter 

 ton of hay. My own opinion, when the crop is fifty bushels, 

 would place it at three fourths of a ton. 



Another estimate of an acre of corn, given me in this town, 

 is subjoined. 



Ploughing, 3 00, • ^ ^^ 



Manure, 16 loads, equal to 5 cords ploughed in, . 20 00 



Getting out and spreading manure, . • • 3 00 



Two loads compost, put in the hill, . • • 2 00 



Manuring in the hill and planting, . • • ^ 00 



