BROOM CORN. 



179 



Value of crop : — 



700 pounds of broom brush, at 10 cents, 

 52 bushels of broom seed, at 40 cents, 



Expenses : — 

 Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Seed and planting, 

 Phosphate and manure, 

 Interest on the land, . 

 Hoeing three times, 

 Harvesting and scraping, 

 Cleaning the seed, 



$90 80 



26 40 



Net profit on one acre, 



Sunderland, November 15, 1854. 



$64 40 



HAMPDEN. 



Statement of Sumner Chapin. 



The crop of broom corn which I offer for premium weighed 

 four hundred and seventy-five pounds, grown upon eighty rods 

 of ground. One-half of the land was mown in 1853, and the 

 other half was planted with tobacco, upon which I spread half 

 a cord of manure. In May last I ploughed and planted it with 

 broom corn, without any manure ; and I have harvested from it 

 four hundred and seventy-five pounds, worth ten cents per 

 pound. 



Value of crop, 

 Expenses : — 



Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Hoeing and harvesting, 

 Scraping, . 



$47 50 



$1 50 



10 00 



2 00 



13 00 



Net profit, 



$34 00 



