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very well. The following questions were considered.

1st Will it pay to turn a calf 5 weeks old on grass alone?
Give it a little meal.
2d Shouled Bone Sowed on corn be harrowed of shoveled in?
Shoveled
3d What is the price for "mowing hands"?
9 say $1.25, 4 $1.00.
4th How much are Calves Six weeks old worth per. lb. to raise?
6cts (1) 5 1/2 (1) 5 (10)
5th How many acres of corn have members
planted this season, how many acres of
Potatoes & how many acres of Grass to cut?
335 Acres corn, 128 Potatoes, 328 Grass
6th What is it worth to cut grass with
a scythe & what with a machine?
with the scythe $1.50 (6) 1 75 (5) 1.25 (2) with a
machine $1.00 (1) 70 cts (1) 80 cts (1) 50 cts (3) 75 cts (6)
7th What is the price of plowing per acre?
$4.50 (1) 4.50 (4) 3.00 (3) 3.25 (4)
8th Is it better to plow manure under
for wheat or top dress?
1 in favor of the former method 12 for the latter
9th What is the best way to apply barnyard manure?
8 say top dress grass. 3 favor putting on wheat, 3 corn
10th What is it worth to cut & shock wheat per acre?
from $2.00 to $2.75