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In Stockbridge I give the exact expenses of cultivating six acres 

 of corn in one instance. 



Ploughing with oxen six days, 



Harrowing 2 days with team, 



Piaster, but no manure, 4 bush.. 



Planting 3 J ft. by 4 ft., 



Furrowing, 2 00 



Ploughing the field two furrows in a row each way. 



turned the furrows from the hill each time 4 ways, 

 Hoeing ^6, second ploughing $8, second hoeing $C 

 Topping stocks and putting up |^5, 

 Gathering and husking ; 10 bush, made a day's work 



the whole field, 

 Interest on the land at ^30 per acre, 



Product of the above six acres. 

 Corn fodder equal to half ton of hay per acre, $24 00 

 200 bush, sound corn at 75 cts., . 150 00 



Pumpkins 2 loads to an acre, worth more than 

 $1 per load if ripe ; excellent for pork and 

 beef, . . . . 12 00 



186 00 



$89 SO 



Balance in favor of crop, 



Stockbridge. — Expenses of an acre of Oats. 



Ploughing $1 50, harrowing $1, seed 2 bush. SO cts.. 

 Cradling and tying up $1 50, getting in 50 cts., 

 One bush, plaster 50 cts., rent of land at $50, $3, 



45 bush, oats at 40 cts., 

 Straw pays expense of threshing. 

 Profits on crop, 

 4 



18 00 



$96 00 



$8 80 



$9 20 



