REPORTS ON CROPS. 281 



Oats are undoubtedly better when ground is left in fall in 

 ridges, besides saving much time in press of labor. 



D. H. WiLLARD, NeWINGTON. 



Wheat, red or^Mediterranean. Not raised much exceptinj]; 

 now and then an acre. Sowed after the tobacco crop, is tak- 

 en off in September or October. Yield, 20 to 30 bushels per 

 acre. 



Rye, Jersey White. Sowed last week in August or 1st 

 of September. A crop of Red Clover is generally turned in 

 and no other kind of fertilizer is often used here. Yield from 

 15 to 25 bushels per acre ; highest, 30. The straw sells for 

 $30 per ton in Hartford, and pays all the expense of raising. 

 I have 14 acres sown this fall. Number of acres in town, not 

 far from 400. Value, $1.25 per bushel for feeding. 



Oats, common white, Norway and Surprise. Generally 

 sown in April on land that has been in corn or potatoes the 

 previous year. I have raised 16 acres the past season. 

 Number of acres raised in town, about 500. Average yield, 

 30 bushels ; highest, 50 bushels. Straw when in good condi- 

 tion worth for fodder, 115 per ton. Oats worth 65 to 70 cents 

 to feed. 



Buckwheat, mostly sown on poor land or on some bush 

 pasture recently brokeu up. Fertilizers — bone dust, guano, 

 or phosphate. Sown in July. Generally cut in October. 

 Average yield. 25 bushels per acre : highest, 40*bushels. 

 Barley and broom corn, not enough raised for any estimate. 

 Corn; Canada, Early Dent, Sanford, and eight-weeks yel- 

 low. Planted in May, on land that had been in rye the year 

 previous, but of late years more frequently on inverted sod, 

 with some 20 or 25 loads of long manure per acre, well plow- 

 ed in and then rolled and harrowed ; then marked out in rows 

 both ways, about 3^ feet apart ; small handful of some con- 

 centrated fertilizer ineach hill, cultivated or plowed between 

 the rows and well hoed three (3) times. Cut up in Septem- 

 ber before frost and well stacked with two good straw bands 

 drawn tightly, one near the centre of the stack and another 



