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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Seed sown 17th of May with a machine ; the rows 17 inches 

 apart, and the plants thinned to 3 inches. 



Harvested by ploughing two furrows away from the row with 

 the side-hill plough, the last furrow deep and close to the row 

 with two horses ; then they are dug easily with spade or shovel. 

 The labor of horses offset against ploughing. 



In all, 313 bushels of 45 pounds each, 299 of nearly even size, 

 fit for family use. They will be for sale in February and March, 

 and we hope to obtain the same price of last year — -$1.50 per 

 barrel. 



In calculating expense of crop, I have charged $1.25 for men, 

 $1.50 for horse per day, and what it cost for boys' labor. 



Expense of crop : — ' 



Hauling manure, and spreading and ploughing, 

 Hoeing and weeding, 

 4 cords manure, at $7 per cord, 

 Land rent, ..... 

 1| lbs. of seed, .... 



Harvesting, 8 days, .... 



Credit by 100 barrels at $1.50 per barrel, 

 14 bushels at 20 cents per bushel, . 



Net, . 

 Daxvers, November 14, 1859. 



$96 55 



Statement of Franklin Alley. 



Onions. — The piece of onions which I offer to your notice 

 contains three-fourths of an acre, measured by Horace Ware, 

 on which I put eight cords of manure, half horse manure and 

 half kelp, well mixed together, and evenly spread on the land 

 and ploughed in six inches deep and harrowed, ploughed the 

 second time and raked by hand. The seed was sown in rows 

 fifteen inches apart, with two pounds of seed on the 21st of 

 April, and the ground kept clear of weeds. The land is of a 

 dark loam with undcrdrain on part of it, and has produced 



