RYE. 



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Expenses of the crop : — 

 Manure, ........ 



Spreading the same, plonghmg, harrowing, sowing. 



Cost of seed. 



Reaping, .... 



Threshing, 



Interest on land, " . 



Taxes, .... 



Value of the crop : — 

 46i bushels of rye, weighing 59 lbs., equal to 49 

 bushels of 56 lbs., at $1 per bushel, 

 ^2^0 *°^^^ ^^ straw, at $18 per ton, .... 

 Deduct half the manure, . . ' . 



Deduct cost. 

 Net profit, . 

 West Roxbury, November, 1856. 



$6T 00 



^55 13 



Statement of R. P. Fenno. 



The land on which the crop was raised contains 142 rods. It 

 was planted with potatoes last year, and manured in the fall 

 with about two cords of piggery manure, mixed with an equal 

 quantity of loam. The rye was sown the middle of October, 

 one bushel and three pecks per acre. The soil is light and 

 loamy, ploughed shallow with one horse, and harrowed in when 

 the seed was sown. The piece produced forty bushels. 



Expenses of the crop : — 

 Expenses, seed, &c.. 

 Ploughing, harrowing and sowing, 

 Manuring and spreading, 

 Harvesting and threshing. 

 Interest on land, . . . . 



$33 75 



