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GRAIN. 



inches deep, rolled and harrowed, twenty-six loads of 

 manure applied; seed two bushels, called Blue Stem, 

 sowed broadcast, Sept. 3d, harvested Aug. 1st ; cut 

 with sickles, bound and stooked for one week or so, 

 carted to the barn and stowed. 



Cost of plowing and other preparation, - - - $20,00 



Manure, 27,50 



Seed and sowing, 4,25 



Harvesting, storing and threshing, , 12,00 



Total, $68,75 



Product, 1700 lbs. of wheat, or 28 J bushels, and 

 about one ton of straw. 



Remarks. — "The manure used was taken from the 

 barn cellar, made from four cows, two oxen and two 

 hogs from the 1st of January to the 25th of August, 

 incorporated with loam, sand and 100 bushels leached 

 ashes ; the furrows rolled down smooth before spread- 

 ing the manure, and in all similar cases should be 

 cultivated with the cultivating harrow, after which 

 bushed and rolled. 



It appears that the whole expense of plowing, culti- 

 vation, manure, harvesting and threshing equals $63, 

 and that the value of the product, including the straw is 

 about the same, so that the gain must be in .the grass 

 crops. Now this acre of land will probably /j the next 

 four years, produce seven tons of hay, equal to $100, 

 cost of making the hay about $14, leaving a balance of 

 $84 in four years, or $21 net gain in one year, interest 

 of the land, $7 to be deducted, equal $14. 



Sixty lbs. of the wheat produced 40 J lbs. of flour. 



