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Two days ploughing, 10 00 



Clearing stones after ploughing, harrowing and burning 



roots, 2 00 



$18 50 

 After it was cleared, I planted it with potatoes and corn. 

 The expense of the crop was : 



For five cart-loads of compost in hill, $5 00 



Eor planting and hoeing, 4 00 



$9 00 

 Amount and value of crop : 

 20 bushels of good potatoes, $10 00. 



18 bushels of ears of corn, 9 00 



$19 00 



The fodder and small potatoes paid for harvesting. In the 

 winter of 1857—8, I cleared another half acre at less expense. 

 And in the June following, I sowed the whole with 13 quarts 

 of buckwheat, and obtained 15^ bushels of clear seed. 



Value of crop : 

 15^ bushels of buckwheat, $15 50 



One ton of straw, 6 00 



$21 50 

 Expense of crop after clearing : 

 Seed, sowing and harrowing, $1 00 



Cutting, threshing and cleaning, 1 50 



$2 50 



I have cleared the remainder in the same manner, and with 

 nearly the same result; averaging 15 bushels of buckwheat 

 and one ton of straw per acre yearly. I cleared three-quarters 

 of an acre last autumn, at an expense of about $26. 



I have manured what I first cleared, for two years, for the 



