INDIAN CORN. 



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The value of the crops is as follows : — 



30G bunches stalks at two cents each, . $6 12 



3,000 pounds husks at 30 cts. per hundred, 9 GO 



lOOf bushels corn at $1 per bushel, . 100 14 



Credit by one-half manure unspent, . 15 00 



Leaves a net profit of 



$130 26 



-172 94 



The corn cost about twenty-seven cents and two mills per 

 bushel. My object in making this experiment was to prove 

 that the largest crops are not always the most profitable. 



Dover, November 13, 1860. 



Statement of Philamon Rugg-les. 



I planted one acre and fourteen rods of ground, measured 

 by Charles Breck, and on this I raised ninety-four bushels and 

 six pounds of corn. 



The expense of raising said corn was as follows : — 

 Seven cords of manure, $Q per cord, two-thirds of the 



strength expended, ..... 828 00 



Getting out manure and spreading the same, 

 Ploughing, twice. 

 Planting, 

 Hoeing, twice. 

 Cutting stalks, 

 Husking corn. 

 Getting in butts and stalks. 

 Seed corn. 

 Interest on land, 



00 

 00 

 50 

 00 

 50 

 25 

 00 

 50 

 9 00 



Value of corn. 



To two tons of top stalks. 



To two tons of butts. 



Net profits, . 



$Qd 36 



I have usually planted in drills, dropping my corn, a kernel 

 in a place, in a zig-zag form, on each side of the drill altcr- 



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