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STATEMENT OF MARK F. HILL. 



Account of expense of one acre of field corn raised by 

 Mark F, Hill, oil the Dummer Academy Farm in Byfield, 



1874: 



Dr. 



To seven cords barn manure, one-half to present croi? $35 00 



To ploughing once 2 50 



To harrowing; once 1 00 



To seed 50 



To planting 6 00 



Hoeing with liorse hoe twice 5 00 



To thinning and weeding 4 00 



To cut stalks 3 50 



To husking in field 4 00 



To cut but stalks and hauling 3 00 



Interest and tax on land . . . . • 7 00 



§71 50 

 Cr. 



By 73i bushels corn at SI. 05 per bushel $77 00 



By corn fodder 15 00 



$92 00 

 Cost of cultivation 71 50 



Profits $20 50 



My corn piece had been planted to onions and cabbages for 

 the two past years and manured well, and is in good tilth for 

 a hay crop. 



ROOT CROPS. 



The Committee on Root Crops having attended their duties, 

 report three entries of onions and one only of carrots, and 

 express surprise that here in our root growing county, more 

 entries of other root crops were not made. Y. G. Hurd, of 

 Ipswich, enters 439 bushels of onions, grown upon one half 

 an acre of land, showing uniformity of size and careful culti- 

 vation. 



