68 ON THE CULTIVATION OF CROPS. 



No more of this was put on the measured acre than 

 on the other. At ihe time of putting out, the whole 

 field was marked off carefully into squares, containing a 

 square rod each, and one fifth of a load was put out at 

 the centre of each square. Were I to purchase stable 

 manure, five miles from home, at $i 50 per cord, (a com- 

 mon price in the vicinity of Salem), and allow, as in the 

 case of the ley |3,00 for carting, and then allow as 

 above about 16 cents per cart load, or 50 cents per cord 

 for twice forking over, and for putting out and spreading, 

 then stable manure would cost me, when applied to the 

 ground, about $8 per cord ; and my $42,42i would have 

 put on only four cords and one third, or about thirteen 

 loads. The question then is, whether with four and one 

 third cords of common stable manure I should have ob- 

 tained as much corn as my land has yielded me. Of 

 this I leave others to judge. 



Other expenses of the crop on an acre I estimate as 

 follows : 



Ploughing, - - - - - $2 50 



Harrowing twice, - - - - 1 00 



Marking out or furrowing, - - - 75 



Planting, - - ^ - - - 1 50 



Seed, 1 00 



Nine times the horse passed over the field, follow- 

 ed by plough, cultivator or harrow, and the usu- 

 al time consumed was two hours for the two acres. 

 Expense on one acre, - - - 3 00 



Three hoeings and the thinning, - - 4 00 



There was little to do with the hoe except to de- 

 stroy weeds, as the corn was cultivated without 

 any hill. 

 Cutting up, binding and stooking, - - 2 00 



Carting to the barn and stowing away, - - 1 50 



Husking, - - - - - 6 00 



123 25 

 Add for manure, 42 42 



Whole expense, $65 67 



