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thrashed, though the whole crop is far superior to the grain sown. The 

 quantity sown was something more than a bushel and a half per acre, 

 harrowed in with a light harrow ; two bushels timothy, three pecks 

 red top, and six pounds of southern clover being brushed in both 

 ways, and afterwards rolled with a heavy roller ; it was then laid off 

 in lands, the drain furrows cleaned out with a spade, and grass seed 

 scattered over them — the grass looked remarkably well this fall. On 

 the 23d of July we attempted to cradle the barley, but the straw was 

 of unequal lengths, the heads very heavy, and even where it stood up 

 well, as most of it did, the fingers of the cradle did not separate it 

 sufficiently to prevent breaking off the heads and scattering out much 

 of the grain. It was therefore mowed and left in the swath, on account 

 of rain, till the 29th, when it was put into loose cocks, having before 

 been lifted up to dry it, as it lay in the swath, but not turned, as it 

 wasted very much. We thought it none too ripe when cut, but I am 

 assured it should have been but a few days sooner. We w^ere com- 

 pelled by unavoidable circumstances to handle the grain two or three 

 times ; had not such been the case, we are confident it would have 

 averaged 58 bushels per acre, and no doubt a single acre could have 

 been selected that would have yielded upwards of sixty bushels. The 

 seed was bought for two and four rowed ; a small part of the yield was 

 two, but the most of it was six rowed, little or none being four. 



Expense of Culture. 



Three and a half days labor, (half to this crop,) $5 $2 .50 



Seed 5 .00 



Harvesting 3.50 



Threshing and cleaning 192 bushels at 5 cents, 9 .60 



Rent of land, three and a half acres, 35 .00 



Transportation to Boston 2 . 00 



$57.60 



192 bushels at 75 cents $143.62 



Straw 35 . 00 



$178.62 

 Expenses 57 . 60 



Profit $121 .02 



Very respectfully, 

 (Signed) J. HAMMOND COGGESHALL. 



STATEMENT FROM THOMAS BELL. 



My farm contains in all about 145 acres, one hundred of which is 

 upland, the balance salt meadow. In the management of it, I have 

 not been governed by any particular rotation of crops. When the 



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