CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOCIETY. 47 



cords of manure was plowed in 1857, and the same quantity put in 

 the hill in 1858. About a quarter of the land was manured the 

 present season with half a cord of new stable manure spread and 

 plowed in ; the rest not at all, but plowed. The barley was sown 

 about the first of June, without any preparation, harrowed in and a 

 drag drawn over it — upon which the stones were also drawn off at 

 the same time. The quantity of seed sown was five pecks. The 

 crop was mowed the 12th of August — got in within the week fol- 

 lowing, and thrashed a few days after by machine. The kind of 

 seed was the six rowed barley. 



Dr. Crop of Barley. Cr. 



Plowing half day, . . $fl 00 j 34 bushels, . . . $27 20 



Half cord barnyard manure, . 2 00 ! 1 ton of straw, . . . 5 00 



Carting and applying same, . 1 00 ! Manure left in soil for future crop, 



Harrowing, dray work and sowing, 1 00 

 Harvesting, thrashing and cle,aning, 5 00 

 14 bushels seed, . . 1 00 



Manure left in soil from former crops, 8 00 

 Interest on land, . . 2 00 



$21 00 



estimated at . . . 5 00 



$37 20 

 Deduct cost, . . 21 00 



Profit, . . . $16 20 



The subscriber hereby applies for premium offered by the Society 

 for a crop of two rowed barley grown on one acre of light, loamy 

 soil, on which corn was raised the year before. Manured 25 loads 

 from barn cellar, plowed in three or four inches deep. Sowed 

 broadcast two bushels per acre. Yield, 38 bushels, weighing 56 

 pounds per bushel. 



Ebenezer Hawkes. 



Oats. William Marean and Benjamin Meserve, both of Stand- 

 ish, were the only competitors for the premium ofiered on experi- 

 ments in growing oats. Of the samples presented for examination, 

 the committee judged those by Mr. Marean a trifle best, though both 

 were good. We award the first premium to Benjamin Meserve ; 

 the second to William Marean, and refer to their statements here- 

 with submitted, for the details of their experiments. 



Benjamin Meserve's Statement. 



My crop of oats, consisting of bQ bushels, of 31 pounds to the 

 bushel, was grown on 141 square rods, being at the rate of 62| 

 bushels to the acre. The soil on which it grew, was a yellowish 

 loam, somewhat stony, although most of the stones have been re- 

 moved; its depth to the subsoil, about ten inches, and its condition 

 fine and friable. The subsoil is hard, yellow and dry. The ground 

 was broken up in May, 1858, about eight cords of winter barnyard 

 manure having been spread on it before plowing. It was planted 



