23 



Produce 40 bush, half price of corn, 37^, 15 00 



Straw equivalent to the threshing, . . 16 00 



Profit, $6 66i 



In other cases the expenses of an acre of corn without manure, 

 but with plaster, at $17 49. The corn at 30 bush, at 80 cts. 

 $24 00. The corn fodder at i ton of hay, $4 00. The profit in 

 this case $10 51. 



Of oats, the expense at $10 10 — the crop 40 bush, at 40 cts., 

 $16 00 — the profits $5 90 — the straw deemed equivalent to the 

 threshing. 



Great Barrington. — Another estimate of Indian Corn. 



Ploughing 2 00, . . . . . 2 00 

 10 loads manure at 50 cts., half the manure only to be 



charged to the corn, . . . . 5 00 



Getting out and spreading manure 3 00, planting 1 50, 4 50 



Seed, 7 qts. 34 cts., .... 34 



Hoeing twice on the intervale lands, . . . 6 00 



Cutting up and stacking 2 00, husking 2 00, . 4 00 



Interest on land at $60, . . . . 3 60 



Product, 

 35 bush, corn at 75 cts.. 

 Fodder equivalent to one ton stock hay. 



Balance in favor of corn, . . . $7 81 



In another case the yield of corn is ascertained on the whole farm 

 to average 49 bush. Gross expense of cultivation without interest 

 on land, 12 34. This is an actual account ; the labor in this case, 

 however, is not charged at $1 00 per day, but at its actual cost. 

 Yield of wheat on this farm IS busii. to the acre. Expenses of cul- 

 tivation $11 00. Of oats ordinarily 50 bush. ; and expenses of cul- 

 tivation $7 56. Of potatoes 320i bush, to the acre, and expenses 

 of cultivation $23 50. 



