162. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Worcester County for the year 1855 was, 85,138,052, to which 

 there was added, received for lumber cut from woodlands, 

 $799,656, and from wood for fuel, $671,388. The annual return 

 on improved lands was nearly $10 per acre. In the same year 

 there was in grass lands (mowing) 117,116 acres, from which 

 were cut 112,308 tons of hay, averaging one and one-fifth tons 

 to the acre. There were cultivated in Indian corn, 16,185 

 acres, which produced on the average 30 bushels per acre. 



Acres in oats, 9,930, which produced on the average 27 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in rye, 3,967, which produced on the average 13 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in wheat, 650, which produced on the average 15 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in barley, 1,890, which produced on the average 20 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in potatoes, 9,439, which produced on the average 96 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in turnips, 2,267, which produced on the average 321 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in carrots, 240, which produced on the average 473 

 bushels per acre. 



Acres in onions, 24, which produced on the average 332 

 bushels per acre. 



Beets, other vegetables and other crops, 15,064 acres, which 

 yielded in amount $51.15 per acre. 



The crop of apples for the same year was estimated at 

 $236,492. 



The crop of pears for the same year was estimated at $8,822. 



The crop of cherries, cranberries, other fruit and nuts, 

 $46,310. 



The crop of hops, $22,719. 



Sundry crops, amounting to the sum of $29,575. 



The mowing lands are generally kept five years in grass, and 

 grass follows grain, manured with barnyard manure ploughed 

 in. Kctchum & Manny's mowers are most generally used. 

 The Independent rake is used. 



Grain crops. Rye, oats, wheat or barley, is generally sown on 

 land preparatory to seeding down for grass crops. 



