150 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Bushing and striking out, . 



Planting and putting up lines, 



Half bushel seed corn. 



First cultivating and hoeing, 



Second cultivating, . 



Third cultivating and hoeing, 



Cutting stalks, . 



Harvesting and husking, . 



Twenty-one cords manure, at $0, one-half this year. 



Interest and taxes, ...... 



$164 95 



The yield was 238 baskets of ears, weighing 40| pounds each, 

 making 135 bushels of 72 pounds each (72 pounds ears making 

 60 pounds shelled corn). 



One hundred and thirty-five bushels corn, at 11.25, 

 Four hundred bundles stalks, at three cents, 

 Husks, 



Income, 



$210 75 



Expenses, 



164 95 



Profit, 



$45 80 



By the above account I find my corn has cost me, in the gran- 

 ary, 91 cents per bushel of 72 pounds, and if it is worth one 

 dollar and twenty-five cents, as I believe it is, it certainly leaves 

 a good margin for profit. There may be more profitable crops, 

 but I think there arc none which more readily bring the golden 

 coin than the rich yellow golden corn. 



S. B. Bird. 



