55 



Interest on value of land at fifty cents per acre, and 



taxes, .... 



Harrowing and furrowing, 

 Applying manure and planting, 

 Six cords manure. 

 Sixteen quarts seed. 

 Crow line, .... 



Cultivating one way and hoeing by boy. 

 Pulling weeds by boy. 

 Cutting and binding stalks. 

 Harvesting corn. 



Total, 



The value of the crops is as follows : 

 306 bunches stalks at two cents each, 

 3000 pounds husks at 30 cents per hundred, 

 100 5-7 bushels corn at $1 per bushel, 

 Cr. by one-half of manure unspent, 



Deducting cost of crop. 



$5.25 



1.75 



7.50 



30.00 



.68 



.15 



2.37 



.50 



2.25 



6.87 



$57.32 



$6.12 



9.00 



100.11 



15.00 



$130.26 



$57.32 



Leaves a net profit of $72.91 



The corn cost about 27 cents and 2 mills per bushel. My ob- 

 ject in making this experiment was to prove that the largest crops 

 are not always the most profitable. 



Yours respectfully, 



B. N. Sawin. 

 Dover, Nov. 13, 1860. 



STATEMENT OF PHILAMON RUGGLES. 



CoRisr. I planted one acre and fourteen rods of ground, meas- 

 ured by Charles Breck, and on this I raised ninety-four bushels 

 and six pounds of corn. 



The expense of raising said corn was as follows : 

 Seven cords of manure, $6 per cord, two-thirds of the 



strength expended, ..... $28.00 



Getting out manure and spreading the same, . . 7.00 



Ploughing twice, ...... 4.00 



Planting, 2.50 



Hoeing twice, ....... 5.00 



Cutting stalks, 2.50 



Husking corn, ....... 6.25 



