WHEAT. 



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MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



Statement of William and L. McFarlin. 



The half acre of wheat we enter consists of a loamy, gravelly 

 soil, having been nearly run out. It was first ploughed in the 

 fall of 1856. In the following spring it was ploughed again, 

 with three cords stable manure spread on and ploughed in. It 

 was then planted with corn, which yielded at the rate of seven- 

 ty-five bushels to the acre. In the spring of 1858 we manured 

 the same as the previous year, and planted it the same, and it 

 produced eighty bushels to the acre. This year we did not 

 manure it. We ploughed, and sowed wheat at the rate of two 

 bushels to the acre. We harvested on the 16th of August, 

 and after being threshed, it weighed 853 pounds, equal to 



15£§ bushels. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



First ploughing, . 



First ploughing, . 



3 cords manure, (one-half for the crop, 



Second ploughing, 



Planting and harvesting the corn, 



3 cords manure, (one-half for the crop,) 



First ploughing, . 



Planting and harvesting, 



First planting, 



1 bushel wheat, 



Harrowing and bushing, 



Harvesting and threshing, 



$2 oo 



Receipts. 



1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 



37 1 bushels corn, . 



Stalks, . 



40 bushels corn, . 



Stalks, . 



15 J, | bushels wheat, 



$111 97 



