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" Common Agriculture^ 100 Acres. ^ 



20 acres in corn, 35 bushels, 50 cts. Z7 



20 •■' oats on corn ground of the pre- 

 ceding year, 20 bushels, at 2s. 

 20 acres summer fallow, 

 20 " wheat, 10 bushels, at 8s. . 

 20 " wheat stubble in pasture, 



100 acres. Five years' yield, per acre, Z13 2 



" Expense per acre for jive years. 



Indian corn, ploughing, &c. 12 00 



Oats, twice ploughed, . . 1 00 

 Harrowing, seed-sowing, and 



harvesting, . . . 14 



Summer fallow, . . 110 



Wheat, seed and harvesting, 1 00 

 Rent on 5 acres, at 50 cts. a year, 1 00 



Z7 4 



Balance of profit on 1 acre in 5 years, or 



5 acres in 1 year, . . . Z5 18 



" Profit on Fallow Crops on Intervention of Fallow Crops 

 instead of Fallowing. 



20 acres in Indian corn, 



20 acres in vetches, 25 cwt. at 2s. 6d. 



20 " in wheat, 12 bushels, 



20 '' in clover, 25 cwt., 31 cents, 



20 '' the same. 



Five years' produce of one acre, . Z21 3 6 



" Expenses. 



Indian corn, . . . Z2 



Ploughing corn ground for vetch- 

 es, . 



Seed, 3 bushels, sowing, &c. 



Cutting and making hay, 



Vetch stubble ploughed once 

 for wheat, seed and harvesting, 



12 lbs. clover-seed and sowing, 



* The calculations in this table are made in New York currency, eight shillingi 

 of 12J cents each, to the dollar. See Appendix, p. 296. 



