270 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Value of the crop : — 



40 bushels of rye, at |1 per bushel, 

 2^ tons, straw, at $16 per ton, 



Deduct cost, . 

 Net profit, 

 Milton, November, 1856. 



. 140 00 

 . 36 00 



$76 00 

 . 33 75 



. 142 25 



Statement of Josiah F. Twombly. 



The field of rye offered by me for a premium contains one 

 acre and thirty-four rods, and is the same which I planted with 

 corn last year, (less seventeen rods,) a report of which was 

 made to the society. In October of 1855, after the corn was 

 harvested, the land was ploughed with a horse, without any 

 additional manure, and sown with rye. Several rods of the 

 field, which received the wash from the barn, were very rank, 

 and lodged, so that it produced but little, if any, grain. The 

 field was harvested about the middle of August, and produced 

 52 bushels of rye and 5,050 lbs. of straw. 



Value of the crop : — 

 52 bushels of rye, at $1 per bushel, 

 5,050 lbs. straw, at 75 cts. per cwt.. 



Deduct cost, .... 



$37 98 



152 00 

 37 87 



189 87 

 37 98 



151 89 



Net profit, ..... 

 Or, at the rate of $42.78 per acre. Rye, per acre, 43 bush- 

 els ; straw, per acre, 4,160 lbs. 



Milton, October 25, 1856. 



