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weighed the grain. The total weight of the crop when put in 

 the barn was 7395 lbs. Weight of clear grain, 2523 lbs. 

 Sept. 5th, sold and delivered to Mr. Hunkins of Haverhill 

 2310 lbs., and kept for seed 182 lbs., making a total of 2492 

 lbs., showing a loss of 28 lbs. since winnowing. 



Cost of Crop. 



Preparing ground, 14.00 



Seed and Sowing, 2.00 



Phosphate and Sowing, 11.00 



Reaping and Stacking, 8.00 



Hauling to barn and weighing, 4.00 



Threshing and Winnowing, 8.00 



Interest on value of land, 6.00 



Total, $43.00 



Value of Crop. 



2493 lbs. of grain at $1.10 per bu. of 56 lbs., $48.95 



4500 lbs. of straw (estimated) at $16 per ton, 36.00 



Total, 84.95 



Cost, 43.00 



Profit, 141.95 



I hereby certify that the above statement is correct, and 

 that 1 measured the land on which the crop grew, and that it 

 contained one acre and one rod, and no more. 



STATEMENT OP CHAS. W, ADAMS. 



I make the following report of one acre of corn which I 

 have entered for a premium. The soil is rather a heavy 

 loam. The land was sowed to wheat in 1880 without any 

 manure. In 1881 I ploughed it six inches deep at a cost of 

 $2.00. Cost of harrowing, $1. I put the manure in the 

 hills, using about three cords. It consisted of barnyard 

 manure and thatch well rotted down. Cost of manure, $15 ; 



