CHOPS. 



49 



Statement of N. A. Smith. 



My piece of broom corn is part of a field of sandy loam, on which I raised 

 broom corn last year. I plowed early in May, and put on about twelve loads 

 of manure, well pulverized, and plowed it in. I planted the 8th of May, 

 with Woodward's planter, and dropped in the hill one hundred pounds of 

 DeBurg's superphosphate of lime. I hoed three times, and afterwards^cut 

 the weeds. The crop was harvested about the 10th of October. 



Value of Crop. 



1022 pounds of brush, at 9 1-2 cts., 

 86 1-2 bushels of seed, at 67 cts. per bushel, 



Expenses. 



Plowing, harrowing, planting and hoeing, 

 12 loads of manure, .... 

 100 pounds of superphosphate, 

 Harvesting, scraping, and cleaning seed, 

 Interest on land, 



Net profit, 

 Sunderland, Nov. 14, 1855. 



$155 04 



$47 00 

 $108 04 



OATS. 



Statement of Albert Montague, 



The acre of sandy loam, upon which I raised oats, was in corn last year, 

 and yielded a fair crop. In 1854, I plowed in fifteen loads of green manure, 

 and put a little compost in the hill. In the fiiU, after the corn was harvest- 

 ed, I plowed about eight inches deep, and sowed oats early in the spring of 

 1855 — 25th of April — at the rate of four bushels to the acre. I harvested, 

 the 8th of August, and threshed in September. 



Value of Crop. 



61 J bushels of oats, at 50 cents, .... 

 11 tons of straw, at $8, . . . . . 



Expenses. 



Seed, plowing, harrowing and sowing, . 

 Harvesting, threshing, and interest on land, 



Net profit, 



Sunderland, Nov. 14, 1855. 



$44 62 



$12 50 

 $32 12 



