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ricultural committee ; and, as stated by them, em- 

 braced the average of the entire acre. 



EXPEXSK OP EXPERIMENT I. 



Man and team 1} days, ploughing in seed 2 00 



Two men and boy planting same 2 00 



25 loads of manure, at 75 cents . 18 75 



25 bushels seed, at 50 cents . 1250 



Rolling, harrowing, and ploughing 1 00 



Hand-hoeing once ... 1 50 



15 days taking up crop (a long time) 1 1 25 



Rent 5 00 



954 00 



$188 38 

 . 54 00 



. $134 38 

 45 25 



350 bushels large potatoes, at 50 cents . $179 50 

 71 do. small do., at 12i cents . . ' 8 88 



Deduct charges .... 



Nett profits in experiment 1 

 At 2s. a bushel, the nett profit would have been . 



EXPERIMENT II. 



Culture. This crop had been preceded by wheat. 

 It had 25 loads of long manure spread and ploughed 

 in. The ground was then harrowed, furrowed or 

 listed with two and a half feet intervals, the seed 

 dropped at eight inches, covered with a plough, a 

 furrow on each side, and the ridges rolled. The 

 after culture consists of two horse and hand hoe- 

 ings. The crop was harvested with the plough and 

 potato-hook. The product was determined by the 

 agricultural committee. 



EXPENSE. 



One ploughing ... $2 00 



25 loads manure, at 75 cents 18 75 



25 bushels seed, at 50 cents 12 50 



Harrowing, furrowing, rolling, and horse-hoeing 3 00 



Planting and covering, 3 days 2 25 



Hand-hoeing, 2 days . 1 50 



Taking up crop 9 00 



Bent 5 00 



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