York, and the average produce of a good field in that State is from forty to sixty bushels; on ordinary ground twenty-five to thirty is a fair crop.  The same returns appeared to be derived from ground in New Jersey.  Mr. Doubleday, of Binghampton, New York, estimates the produce of that neighbourhood at forty bushels, and the expense of raising the crop as follows, estimating the worth of the land at twenty-five dollars (say L5) per acre:—­

Dollars.  Cents. 
The interest of which is 1 16
One ploughing with double team, and harrowing 3 50
Seed and planting 1 00
Plaster or gypsum, and putting on the hill 0 37
Ploughing and hoeing twice, cutting
or stalking the corn 2 75
Husking or thrashing 2 50
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11 62

Average yield, forty bushels; cost of produce, twenty-nine cents. (1s. 41/2d.) per bushel.

Nothing is here put down for manure or cartage, because the fodder, cut up and saved, as usually adopted, is equal to the manure required.  It is looked upon that the preparation of ground for corn costs less than wheat; the approved plan is to plant on sward ground, ploughing at once, and turning the ground completely over, then harrowing longitudinally until, a good tilth is obtained.  Should the soil not be rich enough, stable manure is first spread on the land.

Now suppose the corn to sell at seventy-five cents the bushel, the account would stand thus:—­

Dollars.  Cents. 
Forty bushels, at seventy-five cents. 30 00
Cost 11 62
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Gain per acre 18 38

or L3 13s. 6d.  British money profit per acre.

In Lichfield, Connecticut, the cost of produce has been, for the items as stated above, eighteen dollars twenty-five cents, or the cost of each bushel thirty-six and one-half cents.  The acre produce was fifty bushels, so that it stood thus:—­

Dollars.  Cents. 
Fifty bushels, at seventy-five cents 37 50
Cost 18 25
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Gain 19 5

or L3 12s. per acre.

The cost of producing maize varies somewhat in the other States, thus:—­

Per bushel. 
Cents. 
New Hampshire (Unity) the cost was               50
Fayette county, Pennsylvania                     16 1/4
Donesville, Michigan, only                       17 1/2
Plymouth, Massachusetts                          17 7/10

The cost on producing this crop was small, but it appears to have been a small crop, and did not bring more than thirty cents per bushel.