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Estimated expenses of an acre of Potatoes 

 Ploughing, .... 

 Manuring as per corn, $3 75 ; hoeing, $4 00, 

 Digging the crop, $12 ; interest on land, $3, 

 Seed, 15 bushels, .... 



Product, if 300 bushels, . 

 " 400 " 



Suppose 300 bushels, — Profit, 



$47 00 



Estimated expenses of an acre of Ruta Baga. 



Ploughing and preparing ground, planting on ridges, eight 



days, ..... 



Twenty loads of manure, half charged to this crop. 

 Seed, $1 ; sowing with machine, 50 cts., 

 Fifteen days' hoeing, $15 ; 12 days' harvesting, $12 

 Rent of land, at $50, .... 



Product of above, 800 bushels, at 12 J. . 



Profit, ..... 

 Cost 5f cts. per bushel. 



I give another estimate in Sheffield. 



Corn^ — one acre. 

 Ploughing, ..... 

 Manured in the hill, 20 loads, half to the corn. 

 Seed, 6 qts., 25 cts.; manuring and furrowing, $4, 

 Planting, $2 ; hoeing, $3, . 



Topping and binding stalks, $1 ; gathering and shock- 

 ing, $2, .... . 

 Interest on land, valued at $40, 



$8 00 

 5 00 

 1 50 



27 00 

 3 00 



$44 50 

 100 00 



$55 50 



$21 40 



