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Yield for last variety of wheat was 38 bushels, by- 

 measure, and weighed 62 lbs. per bushel, which will 



be 39}^ bushels per acre, at $1, $39 27 



Expenses as above, 18 43 



Leaving nett profit of, $20 84 



Now if the committee are strict to their rules as to the two acres the 

 result will be as follows : from the first statement the yield is by 

 measure, 49^ 51g| by weight, and the second is by 



do 38 39^^ " 



87 h 90^ Dushels by weight at $1, $90 41 

 Expenses less at $18.43 each, is 36 86 



From two acres the average is 45i| bushels, nett profit, , . . , $53 55 



EXTRACT FROM YATES COUNTY REPORT, 

 AETEMUS BIGELOW. 



To the Committee on Wheat: 



One year ago last spring, when we were beginning to prepare our 

 summer fallow,! proposed to my father to prepare a portion of it with 

 compost manure, that we might see the effect, and whether we could 

 profitably use our surplus manure. The crop taken off this season 

 attracted the notice of many ; and some of the officers of your society 

 requested me to give a statement of the process of cultivating and 

 amount of yield. 



I will premise by saying, that the field, like a jaded horse, had 



been overtasked for a few previous years, and our first crop upon it 



was but little over ten bushels to the acre ; it was put in, however, 



after oats. We suppose the whole field to contain 10 i acres ; from 



this we measured off two acres, (a more accurate measurement since 



the wheat was taken off makes it two acres and three rods ;) over 



the rest, 8^ acres, we spread the cleanings of the lime kiln, about 30 



bushels to the acre. Over the two acres I spread the ashes of burnt 



wheat straw, in a very light state, having been burned in the open 



air, about 30 bushels. I will here state that these ashes, together 



with those put into the compost, were my main ground of hope that 



the wheat would not lodge while growing rapidly in May and June ; 



for early in May much of it was from 16 to 20 inches high. 



We drew out our manure for the compost as early as practicable, 

 30 wagon loads and made of it two heaps, consisting of alternate 

 layers of manure, and ashes, and lime well slacked ; and we sprink- 

 led upon the layers of manure a portion of plaster, also upon the 

 top of each heap which we left flat, and the sides. We let these re- 



