55 



PRODUCT. 



4,456 lbs. husks and butts, at $7 per ton, $15.59 



3,840 lbs. stalks, at $8 per ton, . . 15.36 



101 baskets of ears, yielding 17^ lbs. 

 shelled corn per basket, or 31 4-7 



bushels, 31.57 



Half value of manure, .... 30.00 



$92.52 

 Loss on the crop, .... 21.38 



$113.90 



The field of Oats -which I offer for premium, contains ninety- 

 seven and three quarter rods. 



EXPENSES. 



Interest on value of land, and taxes, . $7.00 



1 bushel of seed, ..... .75 



Ploughing, sowing, harrowing, &c., . 3.00 



Harvesting and threshing, . . . 7.00 

 One-quarter value of manure left over from 



the previous crop, .... 5.00 



$22.75 



PRODUCT. 



31 1-5 bushels of 30 lbs. each, at 60c., . $18.72 

 1,720 lbs. straw at 12.00 per ton, . . 10.32 



$29.04 



Profit, . . . $6.29 



These Oats weighed 35 lbs. per bushel, and yielded at the rate 

 of 51 1-2 bushels per acre. H. L. Stone. 



Grdntville, Nov. 4, 1859. 



STATEMENT OF AARON BACON. 



The acre of Corn which I offer for premium, was in grass in 

 1858. The land is composed of a black, gravelly loam, and was 

 ploughed in May, 8 inches deep, furrowed one way only. Four 

 and a half cords of green manure from the barn cellar Avcre put in 

 the hills. Hills 3 feet apart each way, and planted with the com- 

 mon yellow Corn. October 24th your Committee selected 2 rods, 

 which they considered a fair average, which yielded 43 lbs. of 

 shelled corn, and allowing 56 lbs. to the bushel, it makes 61 3-7 

 bushels of shelled corn per acre. 



