WHEAT. 1G9 



of the previous year. One hundred bushels of gas lime, which 

 had lain out exposed to the weather, was spread and ploughed 

 in when the grain was sown, the ninth of April, and seeded 

 with one peck each of Timothy and red- top. The grain, pre- 

 vious to sowing, was steeped four hours in a solution of sulphate 

 of copper — four ounces to two gallons of wajcr — sufficient to 

 cover the grain, and dried fit for sowing, by mixing with plaster. 

 The wheat was allowed to ripen fully. It was perfectly free 

 from rust or smut, and reaped by hand. It was threshed and 

 cleaned in September, measuring thirty-eight bushels and ten 

 quarts, weighing sixty-one and one-half pounds to the bushel, 

 making about thirty-seven bushels to the acre. The flour is 

 excellent, the grain being clean and very plump; and, for aught 

 I know, perfect for the kind, it being Red Beard Wheat. 



I would remark that wheat does better after cabbage, tobacco, 

 or turnips, than after the edible grains or potatoes. Lands in 

 our vicinity seem to be exhausted of the lime, and restoring it 

 gives a stiff straw and full berry to the wheat, and in the grass 

 crop an abundance of clover. 



Value of 38 bushels wheat, at $2 per bushel, 

 Straw, ....... 



Interest on land, ..... 



J. ti A. ' oft t, ••••••• 



Ploughing and sowing, .... 

 Seed — two bushels, ..... 

 Lime, nothing but drawing, and worth more 



in land than cost. 

 Threshing and cleaning, .... 



Expenses, 



Net profit, . $80 25 



Holyoke, October 12, 1859. 

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