8i 



For 1897 the amount of manure was five cords to the 

 acre, broadcast, three cords of manure in the hills, with 

 300 pounds of Reed's fertilizer. 



Br. 



Manure, 



Cost of ploughing, 



Cost of harrowing. 



Planting and seed. 



Hoeing cost, 



Cost of eight cords of manure, 



U1 00 



Cr. 

 14 tons, 850 lbs. squash, $381 00 • 



Profit, *334 00 



Yield per acre, 12, tons, 1643 lbs. 

 Cost per acre, $41.78. 

 Profit per acre, $296.89. 



This is to certify that I have measured the land of W. 

 H. Jacobs on which the squash grew and find it to con- 

 tain one acre and an eighth. 



C. E. HiNKLEY. 



This is to certify that I have weighed the crop of 

 squash and find it to contain 14 tons, 850 lbs. 



W. H. Jacobs. 



STATEMENT OF ALVIN SMITH, HAMILTON, ON CROP OF 



TURNIPS. 



The land you measured last week on my turnip field 

 gave 245 bushels. It was pasture land and had not been 

 cultivated since 1867. I ploughed the land June 18, 1897. 



