60 



The expense of the crop was as follows 



Interest on land and taxes, 

 Plowing with two horses ten hours, 

 Carting manure and spreading, 

 Seven cords manure, at $5.00, 

 Harrowing, $1.10, and Furrowing, .77, 

 May 16th. Planting, one man ten hours, 

 171 quarts seed, .... 

 June 9th. To cultivating, 



" 21st. " raking one day, . 

 July 9th, 10th. Cultivating and raking. 

 Cutting and binding stalks. 

 Harvesting corn, .... 



Total, ...... 



The value of the crop is as follows : 



371 bunches stalks, at 2 cents each, . 

 3,100 pounds husks, at 30 cents, 

 81 1-4 bushels corn, at $1.00 per bushel, 

 Cr. By one-half of manure unspent. 



Deduct cost of crop, 

 Leaves a net profit of 



$5.55 

 3.30 

 3.78 



35.00 

 1.87 

 1.50 

 .70 

 .60 

 1.25 

 1.96 

 2.78 

 6.Q5 



$64.94 



7.42 



9.30 



81.25 



17.50 



115.47 

 64.94 



$50.53 



WHEAT. 



My experiment in raising Wheat was made on eighty -five rods 

 of land, the soil consisting of a sandy loam, sub-soil clayey or 

 hard-pan. It has been improved as a mowing field seven years, 

 without any dressing — in 1859 was planted with potatoes, put at 

 the rate of four cords of manure to the acre — in 1860 it was 

 plowed, and planted with rutabagas and potatoes, with five cords 

 of manure to the acre. The 2d and 3d days of May last I 

 ploughed the land with one horse, and sowed one bushel of Java 

 wheat. 



Expenses of Crop. 



To interest on land and taxes, . . . $1.68 



" ploughing, .75, sowing and harrowing, .62, 1.37 



" one bushel seed, . . . . 2.00 



Aug. ] 6th. To harvesting, . . . 1.12 



23d. " threshing and cleaning, . 1.50 



a 



$7.67 



