93 



grew on one acre of land. The soil is light loam. The crop 

 of 1870 was hay. It was ploughed in the fall, and the ma- 

 nure (five cords to the acre) was ploughed in, in the Springs 

 about eight inches in depth. The land was marked off in rows 

 three and one-half feet each way, and 300 pounds Bradley's 

 Superphosphate put in the hills, and planted the 10th of May; 

 cultivated each way twice, and hoed twice. The top stalks 

 were cut about the 1st of September, and October 25th we 

 commenced to cut and harvest, and finished October 30. The 

 amount of corn raised was eighty-four and one-half bushels^ 

 eighty pounds to the bvisliel. Top stalks, two tons ; Ijutfc 

 stalks, three tons. One bushel of eighty pounds of ears was- 

 shelled and ground November 4th ; the shelled corn Aveighei^ 

 sixty-six poinids. 



EXPENSE OF CKOr. 



Cost of ploughing, $1) 00 



Value of manure' on the ground, 45 00 



Cost of superphosphate, 9 00 



Cost of harrowiug, 1 00 



( *ost of seed and planting, 4 00 



(^ost of cultivation, 7 oO* 



Cost of harvesting and storing, 18 00 



$93 50 



VALUE OF CliOr. 



84 1-2 bushels of corn, $84 50 



Stover, 65 00' 



Manure in the land for future crops, 22 50 



$172 00 



Deduct expenses, 93 50 



Net income, $78 50 



From actual measurement I hereby certify that the above 

 crop covered one acre of land and no more. 



M. W. Bartlett, 



