20 



July 10 Bradleys complete corn manure, 600 pounds. 



Applying fertilizer and cultivating, 

 Sept. 18. Cutting, binding and stocking, 



Husking 215 baskets, 35 pounds each at three cents. 

 Rent of land, (value for firming purposes, 50 cents per acre 



Cost of crop. 

 Of this, I contributed, in seed and labor, $25.57, and 

 in land and fertilizer $35. In return for this, we have 



1895. Cr, 

 Oct. 21. By 94 bushels shelled corn at 50 cents, 

 4| tons fodder at $7 per ton, 



Value of crop, $79 66 



Half of this is, $39 83 



Which gives Mr. Westcott a profit of $4.83, and me a profit of 

 $14.26. By a slightly different standard, the committee of the Hamp- 

 shire, Franklin and Hampden society places Mr. Westcotts profit, at 

 $6.39, and mine at $15.41. It should also be noted that, in both these 

 reckonings, no account is taken of the improvement of the land, which 

 will certainly make Mr. Westcott's profit equal to or greater than mine. 



J. C. Dillon. 



The acre of corn entered for premium, grown on turf land that was 

 plowed in November, 1894. The soil is a heavy loam with hard-pan 

 subsoil. Previous to the year 1895 it has had no fertilizer for seven 

 years. 



Barnyard manure was applied in the spring at the rate of fifteen loads 

 to the acre also 300 pounds of commercial fertilizer to the acre used 

 in the hill. Rows three and one-half feet apart each way. Cultivated 

 and hoed twice. Oct. 19 your committee selected and husked a rod. 

 The corn on this rod weighed 47 pounds. No soft corn. Weight of 

 corn on acre 7,520 pounds at 80 pounds per bushel gives 94 bushels. 



Cr. 



By 94 bushels of corn at 50 cents, $47 00 



" four and one-half tons stover at $5 per ton, 22 50 



Balance in form of crop, $47 50 



L. W. West. 



