franklin county society. q'j 



Crops. 



For best -wheat, to James Tuck, of Farmington, for 58 bushels on 

 one acre and 60 rods, or 42 bushels per acre. Land in corn last 

 year. 



Second to E. R. French, Chesterville, for 33 bushels on one acre. 

 His statement is as follows : 



"Mj crop, consisting of 55 bushels, 61 lbs. to the bushel, was 

 grown on If acres — one acre yielding 33 bushels, and the three- 

 fourths acre 22 bushels. 



The soil on which it grew was a sandy and stony loam, the three- 

 fourths acre being in places quite ledgy. On this piece of ground, 

 I tried the following experiment : One half of the piece was pre- 

 pared in the fall, and the other half in the spring, and all sowed the 

 same day. May 1st ; and the result was, that the fall plowed was 

 three days earlier in coming up and at harvest time, — it stood the 

 drought better, was stouter grown and of a darker green, and yielded 

 at the rate of five bushels to the acre more than the spring ploughed, 

 all other things being equal. 



My method of culture is this : I break up the sward in the fall 

 or spring, nine or ten inches deep, spread on green manure at the 

 rate of 2 or 3 cords to the acre, and thoroughly work it in with the 

 cultivator and harrow : then plant with corn, putting ' old manure ' 

 in the hill at the rate of from 4 to 5 cords to the acre. To prepare 

 for wheat, I first split the hills with a double mouldboard plough, 

 then spread on green manure again at the rate of 3 cords to the acre, 

 harrow thoroughly across the rows, and plough from 5 to 6 inches 

 deep ; then harrow once for sowing and twice afterwards, sowing on 

 the grass seed before harrowing the last time ; then roll evenly, to 

 make a smooth surface. The seven-eighths of an acre fall ploughed, 

 with one-eighth acre of the spring ploughed, yielded 33 bushels. 



After carefully estimating the cost, and deducting it from the 

 value of the crop, together with the manure left in the ground for 

 future grass crops, the net value amounts to $30 to the acre, or 

 equal to .$1 a bushel for a crop of 30 bushels to the acre. 



Chester ville, Franklin Co. E. R. French. 



Nathan Goodridge, Industry, 32 bushels per acre, Java wheat. 



Barley. First premium to Edward Staples, of Farmington, for 

 52 bushels on an acre, — in corn last year, with 15 loads (of 35 bush- 

 els each) manure ; was planted to potatoes a year earlier, without 

 manure, being a worn out piece of greensward. 



C. K. Adams, 33^ bushels per acre. 



Potatoes. David Miller, of Wilton, for 251 bushels on one acre 

 (Jacksons and State of Maine.) 



