MAINE STATE SOCIETY. 



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(6) 

 FRANKLIN FARM, August I8th, 1854. 



Cash on hand, forward, 



Have sowed under furrow (leaving 

 surface rough) one acre of Pertford 

 shire red wheat (2i hu. to the acre) on 

 clay soil. The first plowing and sow 

 ing being done on the same day. The 

 seed was carefully washed and soaked 

 in lye twelve hours before sowing. 



Cost of plowing, sowing, &o., $3 00 

 " seed, 2i bushels, 5 00 



September 3d, 1855. 

 The Pertfordshire red wheat which 

 was sown on the 18th of August, one 

 year ago, (for preparation of soil, seed, 

 (fee, see entry under that date,) was 

 threshed to-day, and the yield from 

 2^ tons (of straw) harvested, is 21 

 bushels. 



21 bushels, 



