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TALKS OX JI A NUKES, 



of corn per acre, instead of 30. He would get for his crop, 

 including stalks ................................ ........ $75 00 



Expenses. Preparing laud for the crop .................. $5 00 



Planting and seed ........................... 1 50 



Cultivating ................................. 5 00 



Hoeing ..................................... 3 00 



Catting up the corn ......................... 1 50 



Husking and drawing ....................... 10 00 



Drawing in the stalks ....................... 3 00 



Shelling, etc ................................. G 00 



- $35 00 



Profit per acre $40 00 



Take another case, which actually occurred in this neighborhood. 

 The Judge is a good farmer, and particularly successful in raising 

 potatoes and selling them at a good price to hotels and private 

 families. He cultivates very thoroughly, plants in hills, and puts 

 a handful of ashes, plaster, and hen-manure, on the hill. 



In 1873, his crop of Peachblows was at the rate of 208 bushels 

 per acre. Of these, 200 bushels were sold at GO cents per bii^s-l. 

 There were 8 bushels of small potatoes, worth say 12 cents per 

 bushel, to feed out to stock. 



Mr. Sloe, who lives on an adjoining farm, had three acres of 

 Pcachblow potatoes the same year. The yield was 100 bushels per 

 acre of which 25 bushels were not large enough for market, he 

 got 50 cents per bushel for the others. 



The account of the two crops stands as foil;* 



Since then, Mr. Sloe has been making and using more manure, 

 and the year before last (1875) his crop of potatoes averaged over 



