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Expenses of ashes, plaster and hen manure, $13 00 

 " " cultivating and harvesting, . 90 00 



« « rent of land, . . . . 42 00 



Net profit. 



$333 00 

 $195 80 



I would add that all the manure, with the exception of 

 plaster, was made upon the farm, and that there has been no 

 "guess work" at the quantity of land or the yield of corn. 

 My farm has been accurately surveyed and divided into lots, 

 and the corn all measured by Mr. William Kelly. 



Agawam, Nov. 26, 1852. 



Corn cost 40 4-100 per bushel. 

 Gratuity, $3. 



OATS. 



Phineas Stedman's Statement. 



The crop of oats which I offer for premium, was raised upon 

 1-| acre of land, that had been pastured for several years previ- 

 ous to the spring of 1850, when it was ploughed, manured 

 lightly, and planted with corn. In the spring of 1851 it was 

 again manured and sowed with carrots. In the spring of 1852, 

 oats were sowed, applying 3| bushels per acre. The above 

 crop, when harvested, yielded 142 bushels, weighing 31 lbs. 

 per bushel, giving 81 bushels, 4|- quarts per acre, or, by weight, 

 of 30 lbs. per bushel, 83| bushels. 



Value of crop, at 50 cents per bushel, 

 " straw, .... 



Expenses for ploughing, 

 » " seed, 



" " sowing and harrowing, 

 " " harvesting, 

 " " threshing, 

 " " rent of land. 



$93 00 



35 54 



Net gain. 



$57 46 



