33 



Expenses of an acre of Oats. 



Ploughing and dragging $2, 2^ bush, seed 94 cts., $2 94 



Half the cost of manure $4 75, . . • 4 75 



Cradling and binding ^l, getting in 50 cts., . . 1 50 



Interest upon land at $40. . • . 2 40 



Plaster 50 cts. — threshing paid by straw, . . 50 



Product. 

 40bush.at 37J cts., . . . $15 00 



$12 09 



Balance in favor of the crop, . . $2 91 



Expenses of an acre of Potatoes. 



Ploughing $2, seed (supposed) 15 bush $3 75, . $5 75 



Plaster 1^ bush. $1 50, hoeing twice $4, . . 5 50 



Gathering $7, interest upon land $2 40, . - 9 40 



Product. 

 200 bush, at 25 cts., . • $50 00 



$20 65 



$29 35 

 No manure is used in this case ; but it cannot be supposed that 

 such crops can be often repeated without manure. 



Expenses of an acre of Ruta Baga. 

 Ploughing three times $6, ... $6 00 



Manure 20 loads, half to this crop — getting out ma- 

 nure $3, ..... 8 00 

 Hoeing once $8, gathering $11, interest on land $2 40, 21 40 



$35 40 

 Product. 



400 bush, at 16| cts., . . ^QQ 66 



Balance in favor of crop, . $31 26 



I have been much disappointed in not having received from the 

 intelligent and enterprising farmers of Pittsfield, such estimates of 

 the expenses of cultivation as I had expected. 

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