94 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



The cost of raising said crop was as follows : — 



To one day's work of myself and one yoke of oxen, $3 00 

 Cost of seed at 80 cts. per bushel, . . 3 20 



To one day's work of myself, man, and one yoke of 



oxen, sowing, harrowing and rolling, . 3 00 

 To cradling, binding, getting in, . . . 3 00 

 To threshing, cleaning, etc., . . . 3 00 



$15 20 



Profit of crop, $46 48 



North Andover, Oct. 25, 1855. 



WORCESTER WEST. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The committee woidd suggest to all those who make entries 

 for premiums, that they should be careful to file their statements 

 in season, one great object of the society being lost when they 

 neglect to comply with the rules — competition being necessary to 

 keep up the interest, as, also, much valuable information is 

 lost. 



In the certificate filed by Peter Harwood, he mentions his crop 

 of oats and rye, raised upon one acre and twenty-five rods of land, 

 amounting to eighty-six bushels, being about seventy-five bush- 

 els to the acre, which is a greater yield than of clear oats, sown 

 upon the other part of the field. 



Tlie committee would here remark, that many experienced 

 farmers have practised sowing oats and rye together, as in the 

 above case, with good success. One fact seems to be established, 

 that rye sown among oats is less liable to rust ; the weight being 

 increased, the crop becomes more valuable. 



There being no provision made in premiums for mixed crops, 

 the committee recommend a gratuity of two dollars. 



Cephas Willard, Chairman. 



Statement of Peter Harwood. 



The piece of land on which the following amount of grain 

 was raised, which I offer for premiiim, has a gentle slope to 

 the east. The upper part of it I sowed with rye and oats, mixed 



