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Stillman Gordon asked a premium on a crop of wheat grown 

 on a reddish yellow loam, light and friable, about eighteen inches 

 deep, stones limestone and slate, underlaid with a subsoil of 

 gravel and clay. It is newly burnt land. The seed was the 

 Siberian or tea wheat, washed and rolled in ashes, and sowed 

 broadcast, with one and a half bushels of seed. Produce > 

 twenty-five bushels per acre, weighing sixty pounds per bushel. 

 Clearing land, 

 Sowing, 

 Seed, 



Harvesting, 

 Threshing, . 



25 bushels wheat, $2, . . . 



2J tons straw, .... 



$55 00 

 Profit, . . . . . . $29 00 



E. S. Fowler raised two hundred bushels of potatoes on one 

 acre,'planted on a yellow loam, with a gravelly subsoil, where 

 it is not underlaid by a ledge. He applied twelve loads of 

 manure, hoed twice, and top-dressed with one bushel of plaster. 

 Cost of labor and manure, .... $30 00 



Cost of "seed, . . . . . 4 00 



$34 00 



200 bushels potatoes, 50 cents, . . $100 00 



Profit, . . . . . . $66 00 



B. Cummings asked a premium on a crop of potatoes and 

 turnips on new land. Potatoes planted May 5th, and the tur- 

 nips June 29th. Potatoes planted about two feet apart each 

 way. Turnips sowed broadcast. Potatoes hoed once and well 

 hilled. Harvested the potatoes September 15th, and obtained 

 two hundred and sixty-four bushels. Turnips harvested be- 

 tween October 10th and the 20th; produce, ten hundred and 

 forty-five bushels. 



Harrowing two acres of potatoes, . . . $4 00 



Planting, 6^ days at $1.25, . . . . 8 13 



