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spring of the year, and had the tendency to drain it. I had 

 tried the experiment on a piece of land I had sown with carrots 

 for the last seven years, without much success. At last, I 

 sunk all the rocks, and found my crop almost doubled. I 

 met the Hon. Simon Brown in Boston, and asked his opinion 

 on sinking rocks; he told me the soil in Concord was very 

 much like that in Hopkinton, and that he would not have his 

 rocks taken out, if it could he done without any expense to 

 him. I am of the same opinion from the experiments I have 

 made, and think I had at least one-third more oats than I should 

 have had if the rocks had been dug and drawn off. After 

 putting on five cords manure from the yard, I ploughed the 

 18th day of April the first time, and crossed it a week after. 

 May 2d, Anthony Kearns sowed it, putting on two bushels oats 

 I bought at the store, which came from Albany, likewise eight 

 pounds clover, one-quarter bushel Timothy, and one-half bushel 

 red-top seed, which took well. The oats and grass seed were 

 sowed even, the most so of any I ever saw. The oats were 

 harvested the 10th, 11th and 12th of August, the whole piece 

 stood as straight as a candle, and would average five feet high. 

 The land is worth -1100 for cultivation. I have sold most of the 

 straw for fl per cwt. for filling beds, and can readily sell the 

 balance for the same price. 



VALUE OF OROP. 



87 bushels oats, 32 pounds per bushel at 55 cts. 

 4,500 pounds straw, at $1, .... 



. $n 85 



. 45 00 



$92 85 



EXPENSES. 



Ploughing, sowing and harrowing, . 



2 bushels seed oats, 



Harvesting, . 



Threshing and cleaning, 



Manure and applying, 



Interest on land and taxes, 



$43 25 



