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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



23,140 pounds, at one cent, . 



Cost of manure and cultivation : — 



Manure, ..... 



Drawing and spreading the same, 



Ploughing, 



Ashes, 



Cultivating, harrowing and raking, 



Sowing, 



Seed, 



Hoeing and weeding, . 



Harvesting, 



Marketing, 



Interest on land. 



Profit, .... 

 West Newbury, November 3, 18G2. 



1231 40 



60 50 



,1170 90 



The crops of both Mr. Huntington and Mr. Ordway are very 

 large, and were cultivated with skill and care. 



There is an extraordinary similarity in their statements, 

 showing, as we think, the accuracy with which they both man- 

 aged their crops. The difference in the yield and profit of each 

 per acre is as follows : — 



Mr. Huntington raises at the rate of 937^ bushels, or 46,875 

 pounds per acre. 



Mr. Ordway raises at the rate of 925 bushels and 30 pounds, 

 or 46,280 pounds per acre. 



Mr. Huntington receives 1240.75 profit on the | acre, or $321 

 per acre. 



Mr. Ordway receives $170.90 profit on the .} acre, or $341.80 

 per acre. 



Mr. Huntington's cultivation costs $141 per acre. 



Mr. Ordway's cultivation costs $121 per acre. 



It aj)pears that Mr. Huntington's crop costs S^l^-g^ mills per 

 pound. 



It appears that Mr. Ordway's crop costs S-^'^y,, mills per 

 pound. 



