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extract from lewis county report. 



hiram mills. 



Awarded first premium. 



Soil, loam and clay. Previous crop, potatoes, with ten loads cow 

 stable manure per acre. 



Present crop, three or four loads hog manure on the poorest part of 

 the piece. Plowed once, and about the first of May sowed three 

 bushels of two-rowed barley on the acre ; harrowed well and rolled. 

 Harvested about the 1st August. 



Br. 



One day with team plowing, harrowing, &c., $1 50 



Three bushels seed, As. — sowing, 1^., 1 63 



Three loads hog manure, and drawing, 150 



Harvesting and threshing, $4 — drawing to mar- 

 ket, $3, 7 00 



Interest on land at $50 per acre, 3 50 J 



115 13 



Cr. 



Product 741 bushels at 4^., |37 25 



Straw, 2 00 



$39 25 

 Expense, 15 13 



Profit, $24 12 



EXTRACT FROM ONEIDA COUNTY REPORT. 

 HENRY B. BARTLETT. 



Statement of the method of cultivation, &c., of one acre of barley 

 raised by Col. Henry B. Bartlett. 



Soil, sandy loam ; previous crop, oats; number of plowings,.once ; 

 depth of furrow, six to eight inches. 



Br. 



Quantity of seed per acre, and expense, three 



bushels, $1 50 



Time of sowing or planting, very early, the day 

 I can't say, 



One day with drag, 1 50 



Harvesting, one day, 1 00 



Threshing 2 days with horse, 1 50 



Interest on land at 7 per cent, 3 50 



$8 50 



