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used. The soil is a dark loam. The field was plowed about 

 the 15th of May, six inches deep, at a cost of $3. per acre. The 

 field was manured with 20 loads of manure from barn cellar, 30 

 bushels per load, which was spread and plowed under. Value 

 of manure spread on ground $2. per load. Field planted May 

 18th with a machine, using 12 qts. of eight rowed yellow corn 

 to the acre, at a cost of $1.50 per acre. Tne field was culti- 

 vated four times and hoed twice. Cost of cultivating including 

 weeding and thining, $6 per acre. Commenced cutting and 

 stooking the 2d. day of September and finished the 15th. Cost 

 of cutting and stooking $6. Getting in and husking $15. About 

 300 lbs. of Stockbridges Corn Phosphate, costing $6, was 

 drilled in with the seed. I weighed 80 lbs. of ears when husked 

 4th of October, put it in thin bags and hung them on a pole, 

 in the sun three weeks, it was then nice and dry enough to 

 grind 68 lbs, cobs 12 lbs, making 56 lbs of shelled corn. 



CORN CROP. 



Dr. 



To Plowing and Harrowing, $4.75 



20 loads of manure spread, 40.00 



Seed and planting, 1.50 



Cultivating and hoeing, 6.00 



Cutting and stooking, 6.00 



Getting in and husking, 15.00 



300 lbs. Phosphate 6.00 



Expense per acre, $79.25 



Or. 



By 4 tons of Stover at $12, $48.00 



98 1-16 bushels of corn at 70c, . 68.64 



$116.64 



