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hills were not raised, and were three feet apart each way. 

 The soil was a clayey loam. On the 14th of September the 

 crop was harvested. 



Value of crop : — 



Seventy-five bushels of corn, at $1, 



Four thousand eight hundred and ninety-five 



pounds of fodder, at $G per ton, 

 Four and one-half bushels of soft corn, 



Expenses : — 



Eighteen loads manure, 



Eight bushels leached ashes, 



Ploughing, harrowing and hauling manure, 



Planting and seed, 



Hoeing and ashing, 



Cutting and stacking, . 



Carting and husking, . 



Interest on land, 



$75 00 



$90 59 



42 55 



Net gain, 



Sunderland, October 25, 1854. 



$48 04 



Statement of Chester Coioles. 



I offer for premium a crop of corn raised on three acres. It 

 was old pasture land. I seeded it down and mowed it two 

 years. In November, 1853, it was ploughed with the double 

 Michigan plough. In the spring I harrowed it over. I then 

 carted on my barn-yard manure at the rate of fifteen loads per 

 acre. I then spread it and harrowed it again. The corn was 

 planted by the hoe on the 10th of May. It was hoed three 

 times after the first hoeing. I put on plaster and ashes mixed 

 together. In the second week of September I harvested the 

 crop. 



