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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



and harrowed it thoroughly. I planted it the 10th of June, in 

 rows two feet wide, and in hills eighteen inches apart, putting 

 three or four beans in a hill. Ploed twice, and harvested the 

 10th of September, and obtained fifteen bushels and twelve 

 quarts. 



They were pulled when sufficiently ripened to be used for 

 " frreen beans," as the bean has a better flavor and is more 

 tender when gathered at this time than when permitted to stand 

 until.it is dry, though the crop will be somewhat less, as a few 

 of the latest pods will be lost. I think there would have been 

 half a bushel more had they stood until ripe. 



Expenses : — 

 Manure, 

 Ploughing, 

 Planting, 

 Hoeing, . 

 Harvesting, 

 Seed used. 



Value of beans, at 12.50 per bushel, 

 " fodder, .... 



Profit, . 



823 00 



$38 12 

 2 50 



$40 62 

 $17 62 



BROOMCORN. 



FRANKLIN. 



Slaleme7it of Albert Montague. 



The piece of land on which my broomcorn was raised is in 

 Sunderland meadow, and contains one acre. The field was in 

 broomcorn last year, when I applied eight loads of manure, 

 spread broadcast and ploughed in. Yield, about 900 lbs. per 

 acre. Having removed the stalks, I ploughed the piece the 

 18th of last May, about seven inches deep. I put ten loads of 



