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The value of the crop is as follows, viz. :- 

 Stalks,. .... $11.44 

 Husks, .... 13.50 

 Half of the manure unspent, 27.00 

 135 bushels of corn, . . 135.00 



Subtract the cost. 



186.94 

 104.29 



Leaves as profit, . . $82.65 or $47.24 to the acre. 



Yours, respectfully, 



B. N. Sawin. 

 Dover, Oct. 21, 1854. 



Mr, Sawin afterwards modified his statement by saying, — 

 " since my statement was made I have finished husking, and find 

 by actual measurement 232 baskets of sound corn. I have shelled 

 several baskets, and found them to yield twenty quarts each of 

 shelled corn, — which result gives 145 bushels on the one acre and 

 three fourths." B. N. S. 



We have examined IMr. Sawin's farm-account books, not only 

 in reference to this crop but to all his operations, and have the sat- 

 isfaction of saying that he has the means of knowing exactly what 

 he expends upon his farm, and what he receives from it. His 

 practice in this is worthy of imitation by every farmer in the 

 County. 



