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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



drecl and seventy-five loads of manure; four hundred and 

 seventy-five of compost, and the^ remainder of pure barnyard 



droppings. 



I give the items of produce and expenditure, premising that 

 the crop of corn is estimated in the following manner: I 

 counted the whole number of stacks, which are of similar size 

 and appearance, and the whole number was eight hundred and 

 twelve. I selected sixteen stacks, being the fair average 

 sample of the whole. Each of these stacks averaged twenty- 

 seven baskets of corn, and each basket contained nineteen 

 quarts and a half of green, shelled corn. 



Products : — 



75 tons of hay, at $10, . 

 834 bushels, 31| quarts of corn, at 83 cents, 

 315 " rye, at 83 cents, . 



25 tons of corn fodder, at $5, 

 250 bushels, oats, at 50 cents, . 



15 tons rye, oats, and wheat straw, at $6, 



35 bushels wheat, at $1.25, . 



45 " potatoes, at 42 cents, . 



12 " apples, at 75 cents. 

 Pasturage of 15 horned cattle, 26 weeks, 



" " 50 sheep, 26 weeks, 



375 loads of compost manure, . 

 100 loads barnyard " 



Expenditures : — 



My labor, 250 days, at $1 per day, . 



Boy's labor, 208 days, at 75 cents per day, 

 " " " " at 25 cents per day, 



Grass seed, .... 



Seed corn, 2 bushels, at $1, 

 " wheat, 3 bushels, at $4.50, 

 " oats, 20 bushels, at 50 cents, 

 " rye, 12 bushels, at 75 cents, 

 " potatoes, 3 bushels, at 50 cents, 



Compost manure, 375 loads, at $1, . 



$750 00 



693 00 



261 45 



125 00 



125 00 



90 00 



43 75 



19 10 



9 00 



150 00 



43 00 



375 00 



100 00 



$2,784 30 



$250 00 



156 00 



52 00 



25 00 



2 00 



13 50 



10 00 



9 00 



1 50 



375 00 



