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The following is the debt and credit with the land ; no charge 

 being made for harvesting and husking, or credit given for the 

 fodder. 



North Hadley, Dec. 1st, 1863, 



STATEMENT OF I. F. CON-KEY. 



The crop of 1863 was potatoes, on which no manure was used 

 except phosphates in the hill. The crop of 1864 was Tobacco, oa 

 which I used one ton of Fish Guano, spread and ploughed in 

 with a dressing of compost made of loam, horse manure and a de- 

 posit from sinks, harrowed in, twenty loads to the acre. I gave 

 the land one ordinary ploughing in Sept. 1864, with no other 

 preparation for the seed. The cost of ploughing was $6.00. No 

 manure was applied. The seed was planted in Sept. 1864, one 

 bushel to the acre. Cost of the seed and planting $1.90. It had 

 no other cultivation. It was harvested July 8, 1865. The cost 

 of harvesting including storing and threshing, was $11.50. I 

 had one ton of straw. The amount of rye obtained was twenty- 

 four bushels. I. F. CONKEY. 



Amherst, Aug. 28th, 1864. 



