200 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



1849. Cornfield. Dr. 



May 5. To 65 loads manure at $1 25 per load, $81 25 

 " 6-7. " ploughing, tAvo yoke of oxen and two 



men, 1^ days, - - - - - 6 00 



May 15, To harrowing same, team half day, - 2 00 



" " '' furrowing same, _ _ - 50 



" " " seed, corn and potatoes, - - 2 00 

 June-July " cultivating, ploughing and hoeing three 



times, - - - - - - 6 00 



Nov. To interest on land at $100 per acre, - 9 00 



1849. Cornfield. 



Oct. 30. By 30 bushels potatoes, at 50 cents, 



Nov. 20. " 75 bushels turnips, - 



'' " " 95 bushels corn at 75 cents, 



" " "2 loads pumpkins, 



" " '' One-third of manure back for next crop, 27 08 



$124 33 



The fodder in this case was put against the labor of harvest- 

 ing, and will fully pay, including potatoes and turnip harvest. 



This land has been to grass for twelve years, and had been 

 turned over once during this time, and new seeded on the top 

 of the furrow in August, 1844. Nothing more had been done 

 until last May, when 65 loads of manure of 25 bushels each, 

 was carted from the hog pen, spread on the grass, and turned 

 under full 8^ inches, and the sod has never been disturbed 

 since. 



This lot was ploughed some thirty-five years since, to the 

 depth of 6| or 7 inches, when the adjoining lots had not been 

 disturbed more than 4| or 5 inches ; it was at first thought, 

 the land was ruined for all agricultural purposes — but it revived, 

 and for the last twenty-five years there has been a perceptible 

 difference in its products and the land adjoining. The plough 



