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favorable. The land was ploughed six inches deep in October, 

 1861, and harrowed and planted the middle of the following May. 



Ploughing, 2 men, 



Expenses 

 1 pair 



oxen and 1 pair 



horses, l? days, 

 Ten loads barn compost. 

 One load night soil composted, 

 Seed corn, ..... 



Marking out and planting, 4 feet by 2 feet, 

 Cultivating and hoeing twice. 

 Cutting and carting stalks, . 

 Harvesting, husking and shelling corn, 



Product. 



260 bundles top stalks, . 

 1905 lbs. husks, $7 per ton, . 

 55 4-7 bushels corn, at 90 cts. 



Profits, .... 



Cost of corn per bushel, 73 cts. 



G-rantville, Nov. 12, 1862. 



$7.75 



10.00 



10.00 



.50 



6.00 



8.25 



2.50 



7.20 



$52.20 



$5.20 



6.66 



50.01 



$61.87 



9.67 



H. L. Stone. 



P. S. The corn on one square rod, gathered by the Commit- 

 tee, was shelled, weighed and spread to dry, and forty days after- 

 ward it was again weighed, and had shrunk but two per cent. 



STATEMENT OF DR. WM. T. G. MORTON. 



My experiment in raising wheat was made on three-fourths of 

 an acre of land. The soil consisted of loam and subsoil gravel. 

 It was planted with potatoes the year before, and manured at the 

 rate of seven cords of compost per acre. This spring. May 1st 

 and 2d, it was ploughed and sowed with wheat, at the rate of 2J 

 bushels per acre. 



Account. 



Ploughing, .75, sowing and harrowing, 

 Seed, ..... 

 Harvesting, .... 

 Threshing and cleaning, 



$1.37 

 3.50 

 2.00 

 2.25 



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