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vesting the corn, the land was ploughed once, and the seed 

 harrowed in the first week in October. Land valued at one 

 hundred dollars per acre. Raised forty-four bushels of wheat. 



Value of crop, at one dollar twenty-five 



cents per bushel, 

 Straw, - - . - 



Expenses for 

 Ploughing, _ . - 



Three bushels of seed. 

 Harrowing, _ _ - 



Ten bushels of ashes, 

 Harvesting, threshing and cleaning, 

 Interest on land, - - - 



$60 00 



24 00 



Net gain, - |36 00- 



Silas Roofs Statement 

 The crop of wheat I offer for your consideration, was grown 

 on three acres of land, all in the same field, soil heavy loam ; 

 each acre differently cultivated. The first acre had lain in 

 grass for six years, with a top-dressing of naanure once in two 

 years. I cut a crop of grass the first W8€k in Xuly, 1850; a 

 second crop, the first of September. As soon as the hay wa& 

 taken off I ploughed the ground ; middle of September, I har- 

 rowed it fine and mellow, then spread on six loads of compost 

 manure, sowed on six bushels of air-slacked lime,, two bushels 

 of seed, and harrowed them all in together ; in April sowed on 

 two bushels of plaster Paris ; from this acre I harvested thirty- 

 six shocks of wheat. The second acre was land, where I 

 raised a crop of wheat the year previous, managed the same as 

 the above ; I ploughed the land about the first of September^ 

 the young clover v/as then as high as the stubble, they both 

 being as much as I could well plough under ; soon after, har- 

 rowed the ground well; middle of September sowed one 

 bushel and a half of seed, harrowed it in ; sowed on two bushels 

 of plaster, in the spring ; from this acre I harvested twenty-six 

 shocks of wheat. The third acre was grown after a corn crop ; 

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