EAST SOMERSET SOCIETY. 14-7 



Sowing and harvesting rye, . . . $5 00 



Seed, . . . . . . 1 50 



$6 50 

 21 iauslies rye at $1 per bushel, $21 00 profit, 14 50 



Sowing and harvesting oats, 

 Seed, 



44^ bush, oats, 40 cts. per bush., $17 80 



$17 80 



John Rowell received the fourth premium on oats. They 

 were sown on a " stony loam," light and friable, and about one 

 and one-half feet deep, of a yellow color, underlaid by a hard 

 o-ravelly subsoil. The stones are small and of granite. It was 

 plowed about eight inches deep, and no manure applied. Sowed 

 a,bout the first of May broadcast, with four bushels of seed per 

 acre, and harvested in August, while rather green. Produce 

 fifty-five bushels. 



Plowing and harrowing, . . . . $6 00 



Harvesting, . . . . . 1 50 



Threshing, . . . . . 2 25 



Seed, 1 60 



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$11 35 



55 bush, oats, 37 J cts. per bush., $20 62 profit, 9 27 



$20 62 



"Warren Fuller was the successful competitor for the first 

 premium on oats, and the third on wheat. This land is a light 

 aud friable loam, one foot deep, of a yellow color, and under- 

 laid with a hard subsoil. The stones are granite. The land 

 sowed to oats was sward ground, and that to wheat grew a 

 crop of corn the year before. It was all plowed eight inches 

 deep. It was sowed broadcast, with the white bearded wheat, 

 at the rate of one and one-half bushels to the acre, and white 

 oats at the rate of four bushels to the acre. Wheat sowed 



