INDIAN CORN. 



171 



$85 67 



Income :— 



One-half of the manure and ashes still in the 



ground for the use of future crops, . $26 00 



102 bushels of corn, as measured by the super- 

 visor October 9, at $1, . . . . 102 00 



21 tons of corn fodder, at $8 per ton, . . 20 00 



148 00 



Net profit, . 



$62 33 



Statement of Ira Conant. 



As respects my crop, the ground was rough and somewhat 

 rocky. The expense of ploughing is not commonly more than 

 three dollars and fifty cents per acre. I had four men and four 

 oxen two days ploughing and taking out the stones that were 

 under the surface. The manure spread on the surface was 

 twenty-four horseloads, I think about seven cords; this was 

 made in winter, in my barn cellar, from horses, neat cattle, and 

 shotes, occasionally putting in loam. My ground I ploughed 

 ten inches deep ; I then harrowed it, furrowed a good depth, 

 and then put ten loads in the hills of compost manure made 



