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MR. CURTIS'S STATEMENT. 



Statement by Charles H. Curtis, of West Martinsburg, to the 

 Lewis county Agricultural Society, relative to a crop of spring 

 wheat, 381 bushels per acre : 



In the spring of 1843, the land, which was in grass, was broken 

 up, and planted with potatoes. After the potatoes were dug, fifteen 

 loads of yard manure were drawn on the land. In the spring of 

 1844, the ground was plowed, and then about six loads of leached 

 ashes spread. The wheat was then sowed, well harrowed, and roll- 

 ed. It was harvested the 31st of August, and yielded 38 bushels 

 and 3 pecks. 



