242 



3d year, hay, 2 tons, getting deducted, 

 4th " " " " 



5th " " IJ " " 



Interest on land, at $100, five years. 

 Cost of grass seed, . . . . 



Net profit on five years' course. 



The cost of grass seed in this case was — 1 peck herdsgrass, 

 75 ; clover, 5 lbs. 621 j redtop, 12|. The value of the hay is 

 placed at a lower estimate than before. The improved quality 

 of the hay is understood to render it more valuable per ton the 

 second than the first, and in the third than in the second 

 year. 



2. Dunstable. — Corn, oats, grass — 3 years. 



Balance in favor of corn, 40 bushels, expenses de- 

 ducted, 8 75 



Balance in favor of oats, 40 bushels and straw, ex- 

 penses deducted, . . . . . . 19 10 



3d year, hay, 1| ton, expense of getting deducted, . 15 50 



2d " " 2 tons, " " . 25 00 



3d " " 2 " " " . 25 00 



93 35 

 Grass seed — 1 peck herdsgrass, 75 ; half a bushel 



redtop, 37^, i 12 



Interest on land 5 years, at $100 per acre, 30 00 



31 12i 



Net profit on five years' rotation, .... $62 22| 



Dunstable. — Corn 2 years, manured ; 3d year, rye ; 4th, 

 5th and 6th years in hay. 



