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In 1887 more stones were taken off, and about 4 cords 

 of manure, put on and harrowed in as well as possible, 

 and sowed to oats, which gave perhaps a ton of dry fodder. 

 Late in the fall the piece was cross ploughed and more 

 stone removed. Soon after June 1st we spread on 25 

 cartloads of strong- manure from barn cellar mixed with 

 some stable manure from the city, and June 12th it was 

 ploughed and harrowed and more stone picked. Fur- 

 rowed three feet apart and dropped a handful of phos- 

 phate to the hill a little over 2 feet apart, covered with a 

 hoe, and dropped seed and covered that with a hoe, being 

 careful to cover it very lightly and stamp it well : this 

 was done on the 13th and 14th of June. The variety 

 was my own strain of Stone Mason. The crop was cul- 

 tivated and hoed twice in July, after which only one half 

 day's work pulling weeds was required to keep it clean 

 until the harvest which began Oct. 11th, pulling them 

 and storing in barn cellar to keep for seed purposes. 



The seed came up in four days and lost no time through 

 the season. The land measures 23,920 feet, 2140 over 

 one-half acre. 



Here is the account as taken from my crop book : 



Dr. 



6i cords manure at $8.00, 150 00 



600 lbs. Tucker's Bay State, 10 50 



Plowing and harrowing, 3 00 



Furrowing and planting, 6 00 



6 oz. seed, 1 50 



Cultivation, 12 00 



Total cost ready to harvest, $ 83 00 



Yield 3630 heads or 300 bbls.. for 12 heads would fill a 

 barrel on the average and I rather think that ten would. 

 The cost to raise was 27 2-3 cts. per bbl. ; cost to cut and 

 market 20 cts. per bbl., and selling price in Lawrence 40 

 cts. per bbl., which would have made a loss, if sold, of 

 about 8 cts. per bbl. The cost of pulling, teaming a half 

 mile and storing was f of a cent a head. 



