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4. Pepperell. — The following account has been given me 

 in this town. First year, potatoes ; 2d, corn ; 3d, oats ; 4th, 

 5th and 6th years, grass. 



First year, potatoes — yield, 150 bushels, 37 50 ; cost of 

 cultivation, 39 83. Loss on potatoes, $2 33. 



Second year in corn. 



Balance in favor of corn, 40 bushels per acre, . . 19 50 



3d year, oats, 20 bush, and straw, expenses deducted, 6 00 



4th " hay, 2 tons, getting ($4) deducted, . . 16 00 



5th " " 2 " " u u _ 26 00 



6th " " 1^ '' 19 50 



Loss on potatoes, 



Interest on land valued at $40 per acre, six years. 



Net profit for six years, ..... 

 Or value land at $100 — interest for six years, . 



Net income for six years, .... 



5. Reading. — The subjoined is from a farmer on whose 

 judgment and exactness I should place entire reliance. 

 Rotation. Corn ; potatoes ; oats ; grass, two years. 



Balance in favor of corn, 50 bushels per acre, expen- 

 ses deducted, . . . , . . . 17 25 



Balance in favor of potatoes, 250 bushels per acre, 



expenses deducted, . . . . . . 22 70 



Balance in favor of oats, 40 bushels per acre, (straw 



included.) expenses deducted, . . . . 19 00 



Hay — first year, 2 tons ; second year, 1^ ton. 



34 tons grass, sold standing, at $15 per ton, . . 52 50 



Net proceeds of one acre in five years, 



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