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OATS. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Albert Blontague. 



The land on Avliich I raised my oats, is a sandy loam. It was 

 in corn last year, when I ploughed in twenty-eight loads of 

 manure. The piece contains one and three-fourth acres, and 

 was ploughed the last of April, seven or eight inches deep. I 

 harrowed it well, and rolled it. I sowed seven bushels on tlie 

 piece, cut the oats the first day of August, and threshed them 

 in September and October. 



Value of the crop : — 

 136 bushels of oats, 50 cts., . . . . $68 00 

 3 tons of straw, at $8, . . . . 24 00 



$92 00 



Expenses : — 

 Seed, ploughing, sowing, $8 ; liarvesting, $11, . $19 00 

 Interest on the land, . . . . . 7 00 



$26 00 



Net profit, $66 00 



SuNDERLAXD, November 15, 185G. 



BEANS. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of R. A. Littlefield. 



The half acre entered by me for premium on white beans, is 

 a light, sandy loam. The largest portion had been planted to 

 corn or potatoes for five or six years previous, there being on it 

 a young orchard of apple and pear trees. I spread on fifteen 

 horse-loads of barn manure, ploughed it in eight inches deep, 



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