NORTH KENNEBEC SOCIETY. 



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Plowing, 



Harrowing, 



Seed, 



Sowing, 



Harvesting, 



Thrashing, 



20 bushels 13 quarts wheat at $3, 

 Net profit, 



$61 22 



$61 22 

 Robert R. Drummond received the first premium on a crop 

 of winter rje. It was sown on a sandy loam, of a dark color, 

 from twelve to fifteen inches deep, underlaid by an open, sandy 

 subsoil. It is very light and friable, and free from stone; was 

 taken up from pasture, and plowed about eight inches deep. 

 " Six cords of muck piled up and frozen the winter before, was 

 spread on the piece, and thirty-five bushels of leached ashes 

 were spread on one-half the piece. Sowed broadcast August 

 28th, 1855." Harvested the first week in August, fully ripe. 

 Produce, twenty and one-half bushels of rye, weighing eleven 

 hundred sixty-eight and one-half pounds. Straw estimated at 

 two tons. " There was about- one-fourth more rye on that part 

 of the piece to which the ashes were applied, than on the other. 

 There was straw enough for thirty-five or forty bushels ; but for 

 some reason, the upper part of the heads did not fill." 

 Plowing, . . . . . . $4 00 



Muck and ashes. 



Harrowing and rolling. 



Seed, 



Reaping and stacking. 



Housing and thrashing, 



20J bushels rye at $1, 

 Straw, 



$25 50 



$25 50 



