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planting was $2. It was cultivated three times each way with a 

 Planet Jr. cultivator. The cost of cultivating and hoeing would be 

 $lr>. It took two men two days to cut the corn and bind the tops. 

 The corn was set up around two hills none being bound. The cost 

 of harvesting and husking would be $25. The straw used for bind- 

 ing- the fodder would be 35 lbs. to the acre. 



POTATOES. 



Potato crop of 1894 Avas 141 lbs. of large ones and 8 lbs. of small 

 ones to the square rod. 



The crops of 1892 and 1893 were tobacco. 500 lbs. of potash 

 was used to the acre. The soil is a heavy loam. The land was 

 plowed in the fall 7 inches deep ; in the spring it was harrowed, then 

 furrowed in rovvs 3 feet apart. The cost of plowing and fitting the 

 land was $3. There was no manure used but one ton of Buffalo fer- 

 tilizer to the acre. They were planted the last of April by hand. 

 I used 12 bushels to the acre, the kind being White Elephant. The 

 cost of planting was $3. They were cultivated three times and har- 

 rowed twice. They were dug by hand. 



Or. 

 188 bushels large potatoes at .60 $102.80 



If bushels small potatoes at .20 .33 



Total income, $103.13 



