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MR. MACGONEGAL's STATEMENT. 



Statement of John McGonegal, of Irondequoit, relative to the cul- 

 tivation of two acres of Wheat, yielding 46|f bushels per acre, made 

 to the Monroe County Agricultural Society : 



The kind of soil on which my crop of wheat was grown, is a sandy 

 loam. The previous crop was wheat, which I harvested two years 

 before, and seeded with clover in the spring before harvesting. The 

 next summer, after the clover began to head, I turned in my cattle, 

 and soon after commenced plowing the lot, which has about fifty 

 acres in it : that part measured off was plowed about the middle of 

 June. About the first of August, harrowed over well ; cross plowed 

 the last of August ; plowed again the second week in September, and 

 sowed the 11th and 12th of September. There has not been any ma- 

 nure drawn on for ten years, except plaster, which I sowed on the 

 clover in the spring, before plowing. I sowed about 1 bushel and 8 

 quarts per acre, of the red chaff bald variety, limed before sowing. 

 Harvested some of the last days in August, which was cut with a 

 sickle, bound and put up in three or four days, and drawn into the 

 barn and thrashed the fore part of September, and measured. The 

 expense I cannot come at very exactly, as it was plowed with the rest 

 of the field each time. 



Plowing three times |5 . 25 



Harrowing i 2.63 



2i bushels of seed 2 .25 



Reaping, binding, and setting up 4 . 00 



Drawing in 2.50 



Thrashing and cleaning 7 .00 



Whole expense $23 .63 



MR. LUCAS' STATEMENT. 



The two following statements are from the proceedings of Oneida 

 County Agricultural Society, giving the method of culture of the two 

 premium crops in that county : 



Eli B. Lucas, Kirkland ; for 38 bushels 39 lbs. per acre — soil, red 

 clay ; previous crop, potatoes. Four plo wings ; depth of furrow, 

 six inches ; II bushels of seed per acre, sown on the 8th of Septem- 

 ber. The expense of cultivation, seed, and interest on land, $21.70 



Value of grain, at $1 per bushel $38 .55 



Value of straw 2 . 00 



40.55 



Nett profit per acre $18 .85 



