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of hay per acre. Ploughed it in October, 1S47. From April 

 20th to May 3(1, 1848, I drew out twenty loads, of 40 cubic feet 

 each, of compost manure, made from hogs and cattle, mixed 

 with soil ; then spread and ploughed in the same ; harrowed 

 and furrowed so as to make five rows to the rod one way; then 

 drew out ten loads of manure and put in the hills; made the 

 hills two feet apart. The manure put in the hill of the same 

 quality as that spread. May 5th, planted the corn, put three 

 corns in a hill. I planted the Whitman corn, the seed corn selected 

 from the corn crib. June 1st and 2d, hoed; 15th and 16th. 

 hoed the second time, and put one gill of ashes around each 

 hill. July 7th and 8th, hoed the third time; cut the stalks the 

 first of September. Oct. 12th, the supervisor came and har- 

 vested one rod, which weighed 41^ lbs., making 88 bushels to 

 the acre. 



Expense of ploughing first time, 



Drawing out and spreading 20 loads of manure, . 



Ploughing in manure, .... 



Harrowing and furrowing, 



Drawing out 10 loads of manure to put in the hills. 



One day planting, 2 men and boy, 



Cultivating, 50 cts., hoeing first time, $2, . 



Putting on ashes, cultivating and hoeing second time, 



Cultivating and hoeing third time. 



30 loads of manure, .... 



27| bushels of ashes, at 12| cts., . 



Use of land, ..... 



Total, 



Value of the crop, 88 bushels corn, at 92 cts.. 



" of the manure for next crop, 

 I think the corn fodder will be worth, 



more than the expense of harvesting. 



Whole income, . $91 10 



Bridgewater. Oct. 12, 1848. 



