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EXPENSES OF THE CROP. 



4 1-2 cords manxire at $5.00 per cord, 

 Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Furrowing one way, 50 cts., applying ma- 

 nure, and planting. 

 Cultivating and hoeing twice, . 

 Cutting stalks and harvesting Corn, 

 Seed Corn, 10 quarts, .... 

 Interest on land, at $80 per acre, and taxes. 



VALUE OF CROPS. 



Stalks and husks, . 

 One-half manure unspent 

 61 3-7 bushels shelled corn, 



$22.50 

 4.50 



6.00 

 4.00 

 6.50 

 .38 

 5.30 



$49.18 



$12.00 

 11.25 

 64.50 



$87.75 

 49.18 



Net profit. 



Dover, Nov. 11th, 1859. 



$38.57 

 Aaron Bacon. 



STATEMENT OF A. L. SMITH. 



The field of Oats entered by me for premium, contains one acre 

 and 33 rods. Planted with corn last year, and manured with a 

 shovelful of compost in the hill — produced a good crop. Soil, a 

 moist gravelly loam. It was ploughed about seven inches in 

 depth the last week in April. Two and three-quarter bushels of 

 Australian oats were sown April 30th. After the oats came up, 

 I spread four bushels of wood ashes on the piece — no other fertil- 

 izer applied this season. Harvested Aug. 3d ; threshed first 

 week in October, and by the Society standard of 30 lbs. to the 

 bushel, produced 54 2-5 bushels, or 45 1-15 bushels per acre. 

 A bushel of them by measure made 32 pounds. The straw of 

 this variety of oats grows more rank without manure than that of 

 the common oats with a good supply at time of seeding. 



EXPENSES OF THE CROP. 



Ploughing, .... 

 Seed, 2 3-4 bushels at 75c., . 



Sowing and harrowing, . 

 Four bushels ashes and spreading. 

 Cradling, $1 ; binding, $1.50, 

 Threshing and cleaning, . 

 Interest on land and taxes, 



$2.50 

 2.06 

 .75 

 .62 

 2.50 

 6.00 

 5.50 



$19.93 



