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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



PRODUCE. 



3,360 pounds straw, at $27 per ton, 

 31 bushels of rye, at 11 per bushel, 



xotal, • . • • . 



845 03 

 31 00 



$76 03 



Total, 



848 00 



One acre of barley. Soil gravelly loam. Corn and roots in 

 1870. Used for this crop eight cords of barn manure. In the 

 crop of barley, applied four cords coarse barn manure; ploughed 

 eight inches deep, harrowed three times, and rolled once. 

 Sowed April 25th, and harvested August 10th. 



PRODUCE. 



3,200 pounds of straw, at $12 per ton, 

 45 bushels of barley, at $1, 



XOttll. • • • • • 



$19 20 

 45 00 



$64 20 



EXPENSES. 



4 cords of coarse manure, 



Ploughing, &c, 



Seed, » 



Harvesting and threshing, 



Total, . 



$54 50 



Albert Fearing. 



