30 



Product. 

 Corn fodder, equal to 1 ton of hay, . . $9 00 



Forty bs. corn, at 75 cts., . . 30 CO 



$39 00 



Profits on corn, . . , . . $10 97^ 



Oats. — Expenses of one acre. 

 Ploughing, $1 50 ; seed, 2^ bs., $1 12^ ; sowing, $1, $3 12^ 

 Cradling and tying, $1 50 ; team, 50, . . . 2 00 

 Half the manure of the corn crop, and half expense of get- 

 ting out the manure, . . . . .7 81 

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



$15 83^ 

 Product. 

 Forty bs. oats, at 37 J cts, . . . . 15 00 



Straw an equivalent to thresiiing. 



Balance against the oats, . . . S3i 



It is plain, in the above tu'o cases, that the corn crop was under 

 estimated for such cultivation ; and that the efficacy and value of such 

 manuring are by no means exhausted by two crops. 



It rests upon the most respectable and credible testimony, that in 

 two instances in this town, 120 bs. of corn have been obtained upon an 

 acre; 37 bs. of spring wheat ; 40 bs. winter rye, and 80 bs. of oats to an 

 acre. What has been done can be done ; and it is easy to see how 

 inconsiderable is the increase of expense in obtaining such crops, 

 compared with the superior value over the crops reported as above. 



Expenses of an acre of Potatoes. 

 Ploughing, $2; manuring, same as corn, $9 37-i, . $11 S7J 



Seed, 20 bs. $5 ; hoeing, $5 ; digging, $10, . 20 00 



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



$33 77J 



Product. 

 Two hundred and fifty bs., at 25 cts., . . . $62 50 



Profits on potatoes, .... $28 72J 



