STATEMENTS. 51 



last of April, harrowed and furrowed out one way about three 

 and a half feet apart ; cost of same, twelve dollars ; spread on 

 eighteen loads manure after plowing, and harrowed in, and two 

 hundred and fifty lbs. of Super Phosphate applied to the hills, 

 the value of same, thirty-seven dollars fifty cents ; planted the 

 last of May, in rows three feet apart, furrowed three and one 

 half feet, and planted about eight quarts Carter Corn ; cost of 

 seed and planting, five dollars and fifty cents ; cultivated and 

 hoed twice ; cost of same, including weeding, ten dollars ; har- 

 vested the twentieth day of October ; corn was topped and af- 

 ter cut up ; the cost of harvesting, nine dollars ; got two and 

 one-half tons stover valued at twenty dollars. 



Cost of Seed and Planting, 



Plowing, &c.. 

 Manure, &c.. 

 Cultivating, &;c. 



74 00 



Statement of J. P. Reed. 



CORN. 



"'. In 1866, the crop was grass ; in 1867, corn, on which was 

 spread fifteen loads of stable manure and fifteen loads compost in 

 the hill ; the soil is a deep sandy loam upon a gravelly subsoil ; 

 plowed the second day of June, five inches deep, and cultivated 

 once with a Horse Cultivator ; the cost of plowing and other 

 preparation was about six dollars. Thirty loads of manure was 

 applied, fifteen of which were spread, and fifteen in the hill, at a 

 cost of forty dollars ; planted the 5th and 6th of June, by hand, 

 the value of seed being six dollars ; cultivated with Horse Culti- 

 vator once each way, and hoed with hand hoe, the same being 

 repeated in one week ; cost of same, seven dollars. Harvested 

 by cutting stalks, in September and first of October, and got in 

 last of October, at an expense of six dollars ; the amount of sto- 

 ver, three tons. I consider one-half the value of the manure 

 applied this season still left for the use of succeeding crops. 



Cost of Seed and Planting, 86 00 



" Plowing, -&c., 6 00 



" Manure, thirty loads, 40 00 



Cultivating, 7 00 



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" Harvesting, 6 00 



65 00 



