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Hoeing three times, $3 ; gathering and liusking, $2, 

 Interest on land, at $40, 



Produce. 

 Twenty-five bushels, at $1, 

 Top stalks, .... 



The bottoms considered equivalent to expense 

 of horse for ploughing. 



Profit, $11 10 



2d.— Oats. 

 Ploughing twice, $2 ; 2J bs. seed, $1 ; sowing, 50 cts.. 

 Reaping and gathering, $1 50 ; carting, 50 cts.. 

 Interest on land, at $40, .... 



Straw equivalent to expense of threshing. 

 Twenty-five bs. oats, half price of corn, 50 cts., 



Profit, ...... 



Egremont. — Another estimate of expenses of corn crop without ma- 

 nure, but plastered. 

 Ploughing, $2 ; planting, $1 ; seed, 25 cts., . . $3 25 



Plaster, 1 bs. 30 cts.; hoeing three times, and horse, $4, 4 30 



Topping stalks, 50 cts.; picking and husking, $2, . 2 50 



Interest on land, at $40, . . . . 2 40 



Produce. 

 Thirty bushels corn, at 75 cts., . . $22 50 



Fodder, . . . . . 3 50 



$12 45 



$26 00 



Profit on corn, . . . . . $13 55 



2. Expenses of an acre of Oats. 



Ploughing and harrowing, . . . . $2 50 



Two and one-half bushels seed, . . . 1 25 



Cradling and binding, . . . . . 1 50 



