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Credit for the present year, 4 bushels of pease, . |4 00 



43 bushels Chenango potatoes, at 50 cts., 21 50 



30 " St. Helena potatoes, at 45 cts., 13 50 



20 " Davis seedlmg potatoes, 45 cts., 9 00 



28 " Bradstrect potatoes, at 45 cts., 12 60 



8 " Tomatoes, at 50 cts., . . 4 00 



1 " Beans, at $1, . . . . 1 00 



300 " bundles of stalks, ... 600 



120 baskets of corn, 60 00 



6 " soft corn; .... 1 00 



1,000 Cabbages, at 4 cts., . . . . 40 00 



Deduct expenses, 



Deduct one day's work ploughing in May, . 



75 



I then have a clear gain of $60.75, besides the extra value of 

 the land. You will see that I have charged nothing for har- 

 vesting the corn ; I thought the butts worth enough to pay for 

 harvesting, so I gave no credit for the corn fodder and charged 

 nothing for the harvesting. I ploughed this piece of ground 

 ten inches deep, and turned up so much of the cold subsoil 

 that I think my first crop was not as good as it would have been 

 had I ploughed shallower, but I am satisfied the land for after 

 crops, will amply pay for the meagre crop I got at first. 



You will see that I have charged but half the worth of the 

 manure, as I calculate one-half of the value of the manure 

 should be charged to the land and one-half to the crop. 



And OVER, November 8, 1860. 



Statement of Paul T. Winkley. 

 The piece of waste land which I offer for the inspection and 

 consideration of the committee, contains about fifteen acres. 

 It was worthless before I commenced improving it, because it 

 did not produce any thing of any value. It was covered with 

 bushes and moss, such as wild rose bushes, iron bushes, bay- 



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