72 



aEANSAGTIO:«rS 



of plaster, and half a cord of horse manure. I also put in the hill 

 four loads of sand and muck from the drain. There were no weeds 

 on the piece, either year, so I used no cultivator on it. 



PEODUCE IN 1853. 



$3 00 



20 00 



4 50 



Potatoes (most of them rotting), 



120 bushels of turnips, 



1000 pounds of hay (two crops), 



PRODUCE IN 1854. 

 3300 pounds of hay, . . . , 



9 bushels of corn, .... 



800 pounds of corn fodder, at $5 a ton. 

 Fall feed, ...... 



Total produce in 1853 and- 1854, 



EXPENSES IN 1853 



Bogging, above the worth of bogs, 



Planting, hoeing and digging potatoes. 



Seed potatoes, and herds-grass seed. 



Carting on sand and gravel. 



Leveling, and raking in grass and turnip seed. 



Grass and turnip seed, 



Pulling turnips, .... 



$12 25 



EXPENSES IN 1854. 



Ploughing, carting on manure and sand, and planting, $2 00 



Manure, ashes, plaster, lime, and seed corn, . . 2 75 



Hoeing and harvesting corn, . . . . 2 00 



Cutting, curing and carting grass, , . . 3 00 



Total expenses in 1853 and 1854, 



Net gain on one acre. 

 Increased value of an acre. 



Total Gain, . 

 Sunderland, October 16, 1354- 



$57 00 



$100 00 



