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was done about the middle of May, six inches deep. 

 Barn manure was spread and plowed under, twenty-four 

 loads to the acre of thirty bushels each. Value of manure 

 $2 per load. Cost of plowing and harrowing $9. Used 

 300 pounds of fertilizer in the hills at a cost of $4.80. 

 Planted the field May 22, by hand, using one peck of 

 eight-rowed yellow corn with hills three and one-half 

 feet apart each way. Cost of planting $3.50. Cultivated 

 four times each way, and hoed by hand twice. Cost of 

 both $7. Commenced cutting and stooking Sept. 10. 

 Cost of harvesting $13. Amount of crop 158 bushels of 

 corn on the ear. I think the smuts discounted from five 

 to ten bushels of ears per acre. 



COST OF CROP. 



Barn manure, 



Fertilizer. 



Plowing and harrowing, 



Seed and planting, 



Cultivating and hoeing, 



Harvesting, 



55 GO 



Allowing half value of manure to remain in ground, 20 40 



Total cost per acre, $59 20 



Nov. 9,11 



I hereby certify that I have measured one acre of land, 

 planted to corn, for Oliver P. Killam, of Boxford, to be 

 entered for premium with Essex Agricultural Society. 



Moody K. Stacy. 



This is to certify that 1 have helped husk, and seen to 

 measuring the corn grown on the above acre which 

 amounted to one hundred and fifty-eight bushels. 



Moody K. Stacy. 



Nov. 9, 1888. 



