Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-18
Agricultural.
COST OF RAISING WHEAT, CORN. !

JUST OE RAISING WHEAT, CORN, 60.
The next volume of the New York Agri-
cultural Transcript will contain detailed
farm account Of Mr.. William johnson, near
Geneva, from which we have the following
interesting items in regard to the cost Of rails
ing different crops the last season. His state
ment is published in the Journal of the State
Society for the present month, and shows very
credibly the order and method Of Mr.. Us
agricultural operations.
The farm contains 80 acres of tillable land,
divided into nine lots, numbered from one up
wards, and an accurate account kept with EACH
The soil is dry loan, with clay subsoil
pretty uniform throughout the farms. Each
crop is charged with the interest On the value
Of the land producing it, and with all the
labor and material used in its production. OF
wheat six acres were sown the whole expense
was $l22,40; the product was 1926 bushels,
or 81 bushels per acre this makes it cost per
bushel trife over 81 cents. But deducting
the value of the straw, estimated at $18, we
make the cost of the wheat but SO cts. per
bushel. 1t was sold at 81 81, leaving a fair
margin for profit at either figures. But at
the price of wheat for many years past tho
profit would have been little or nothing.
Eight acres of barley cost $102,20 and
produced 2S4 bushels, or 80 IL bushels per
acre. 1t cost very nearly 81 cents. and sold
for 81, 90 per bushel. This produced greater
per cent. Of profit than the wheat, as we bo-
lieve it generally has for series of years.
Ten acres of corn, on clover sod, cost $751;
rs. The product was 40 bushels Of corn,
and $50 worth of corn-stalks. Mr.. Johnson
states the cost Of raising the corn at q IL
cts. per bushel, but if we deduct the value OF
the stalks from the whole expense, it makes
the cost of the corn but % IL cts. per bushcl
We would be glad of some explanation from
Mr.. ). on this point, as tho value of the stalks
and straw may have been allowed to balance
some part of the expenses not indicated.
len COWS were kept upon the farm, yield.
, ing an average of 210 lbs. of butter each
MIR. j. estimates the product of each COW
, worth about $64, and the cost of keeping $2G,
> 80. 1t cost II IL cts. per h. to make butte,
on Elmwood farm, and we think it cannot be
sold Tor less anywhere with much profit. Hi.
s pork, killed at IL months DID, fed on milk
l and tattcned with corn, costs S cts per pound
The balance over expenses on the whole farm
: for the last year was $953,52.
s Mr.. johnson practices the following system
e OF rotation : lst corn, to which is applied al
the unfermented manure he can get. TIL,
next spring it is sown with barley, at the raft
of IL bushels of seed TO the acre. ther
o sown to wheat in the fall, with a topdressin,
t OF fine manure, of about 6 loads to the acre
e The following spring it is sown with Squarts
r OF clover seed, and 5 quarts of Timothy, will
It one bushel of plaster per acre, when it i
!. allowed to remain three years in grass. TIL
usual product is 55 bushels OF corn, 30 o
barley, and from 20 to 80 Of wheat, per acre
n The manure is kept under cover, and a regu.
a lar system of undertaking is carried out.