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The value of the crop was as follows, viz. : 



70 bushels, at 92 cents, . - . 



Top stalks, ----- 

 Husks, _ - - . _ 



Total, - $7 A 65 



Deducting cost of crop, 36 82 



Leaves net profit of, $37 83 

 Cost of corn per bushel, 52* 2 cents. 

 Dover, Dec. 1, 185 L 



Henry Rohinsoii's Statement. 



The field is one acre — a warm, dry soil. Stocked with 

 fruit. Some of the trees in bearing order; most of them, how- 

 ever, but four years from the bud. Has been under cultivation 

 four years. Planted first with potatoes, and the two succeed- 

 ing years with corn. This year, with rye. Have given it a 

 thin coating of manure each year, — say three cords. Sowed 

 in the spring one bushel and a half of rye, and threshed 

 eighteen bushels this fall. The statement is this, therefore : 



Ground, - - - _ _ 1 acre. 



Seed, ------ 11 bushel. 



Manure, - - - - - 3 cords. 



Grain, - - - - - 18 bushels. 



Needham, Nov. 25, 1851. 



William Pierce's Slateme?it. 



The quantity of land on which my corn was raised, measured 

 two acres. In the spring of 1850, this land was turned over, 

 and planted with corn and potatoes ; manured with compost, 

 putting one shovelful in the hill. The compost was composed 

 of mud, loam, and green manure, composted in the barn-yard 

 the previous summer. 



Ill the spring of 1851, I ploughed this land two inches 

 deeper than the year previous, (ploughed eight inches deep.) 



