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this the ground was again ploughed, the manure having been 

 spread before ploughing at all. Having then put in the seed, it 

 was harrowed three times more, so that the manure became well 

 mixed Avith the soil, and the latter well pulverized. 



Expenses of the crop. 



Manure, $24.00 



Spreading the same, ploughing, harrowing and sowing, 10.00 



Cost of seed, 1.50 



Reaping, 12.00 



Threshing, 6.00 



Interest on land, 12.00 



Taxes, 1.50 



67.00 



Value of the crop. 



46| bushels of rye, weighing 59 pounds, equal to 49 



bushels of 56 pounds, at $1.00 per bushel, . . $49.00 



3 793-2000 tons of straw, at $18.00 per ton, . 61.13 



Deduct half the manure, ..... 12.00 



122.13 

 Deduct cost, .... 67.00 



Net profit, 55.13 



S. D. Bradford. 

 West Rozhury, November^ 1856. 



STATEMENT OF R. P. FENNO. 



The land on which the crop was raised contains 142 rods. It 

 was planted last year with potatoes, and manured last fall Avith 

 about two cords of piggery manure, mixed with the same quantity 

 of loam. The rye was sown the middle of October, at the rate 

 of one bushel and three pecks per acre. The soil is light and 

 loamy, and was ploughed shallow with one horse, when the seed 

 was sown and harrowed. The piece produced forty bushels. 



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