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winnowed August 2d. Weighed grain — liad 3698 pounds, 

 or 6i] busliels and 2 pounds. Sold crop for eighty cents 

 per busliel. Deducting the vveiglit of grain from the gross 

 weight, would leave 6672 pounds of straw. In ray account 

 I have called the straw three tons, allowing the rest for 

 shrinking. 200 pounds of Bradley's & L. Super phosphate 

 was sown broadcast on the lot, before sowing the rye. 

 Account with Rye crop: 



Dr. 



Seed IJ bushels, $ 1.75 



Preparing land, 5.00 



Phosphate, 4.00 



Reaping, binding and stacking, 12.00 



Housing and weigliing, 4.00 



Threshing and winnowing, 10.50 



Interest on value of land, 9.00 



Profit, $60.55 



Richard Newell. 



1 certify that I measured the ground on which the above 

 crop grew, and that it contained 247 sq. rods, and no 



more. 



Richard Newell. 



statement of samuel dane. 



The crop of Rye which I enter for premium, was grown 



on one acre of land, of rather light soil. In 1888, it was 



planted with potatoes, and manured in the drill, with about 



four and one-half cords of manure. A very good crop of 



