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bushel, we had 95 bushels to tlie acre, at 75 cents per bushel, 

 $71.25. Of the top stalks and butts, there was the usual 

 amount which we didn't weigh. "Reports" vary in their 

 estimates of them. Some estimate the value of theirs, on an 

 acre, as high as $60. We should be glad to get |30 for ours. 



Cost of ploughing, $4.00 



Cost of harrowing, 4 00 



Cost of manure, 15.00 



Seed and planting, 5.00 



Cultivating and hoeing, 4.00 



Harvesting, 10.00 



$42.00 



Value of corn, $71.25 



Value of stalks, 30.00 



101.25 

 Cost, 42.00 



Profit, $59.25 



This certifies that I surveyed the acre of land on which the 

 above crop was grown. Philip D. Adams. 



I hereby certify that I selected the corn as above stated, 

 shelled, and weighed the same. Jacob D. Ray. 



STATEMENT OF BEN: PERLEY POORE. 



The crop of corn entered by me for premium was raised on 

 four acres of nearly level land, on the top of Indian Hill, in 

 West Newbury. The soil is a gravelly loam, and water is 

 found about twenty feet below the surface, although that is 

 nearly two hundred feet above the level of the nearest running 

 stream. I am convinced that planting the sides of the hill 

 (too steep for cultivation), with forest trees, has retained much 

 moisture that would otherwise have been eVa|)orated. The 

 area on the top of the hill was used as a drill-ground for sev- 



