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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



light loam. The crop of 1870 was hay. It was ploughed in 

 the fall, and the manure (five cords to the acre) was ploughed 

 in, in the spring, about eight inches in depth. The land was 

 marked off in rows three 'and one-half feet each way, and 300 

 pounds of Bradley's superphosphate put in the hills, and planted 

 the 10th of May ; cultivated each way twice, and hoed twice. 

 The top stalks were cut about the first of September, and Octo- 

 ber 25th we commenced to cut and harvest, and finished Octo- 

 ber 30th. The amount of corn raised was eighty-four and 

 one-half bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel. Top stalks, two 

 tons ; butt stalks, three tons. One bushel of eighty pounds of 

 ears was shelled and ground November 4th ; the shelled corn 

 weighed sixty-six pounds. 



EXPENSE OF CROP. 



Net income, . 



$78 50 



From actual measurement I hereby certify that the above 

 crop covered one acre of land and no more. 



M. W. Bartlett. 



Statement of J. C. and R. Jaques, West Newbury. 

 Rye — The crop of Winter Rye which we have entered for 

 premium grew upon one acre of land. The soil is light, slaty. 

 The crop of 1870 was hay, about one-half ton to the acre. It 



