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been applied. It was mowed in September. "When threshed, 

 it yielded by weight 1,708 pounds, or thirty bushels and a 

 half of rye, and 3,097 pounds of straw. Expenses : plough- 

 ing and harrowing, seven dollars; seed and sowing, four 

 dollars ; harvesting, ten dollars : total, twenty-one dollars. 



Mr. White says, " The experiments on the Green Harbor 

 marsh have been very successful, and are worthy the serious 

 consideration of all persons owning lands of similar character 

 on the coast. The failures have been exceptional, and are 

 such as might occur on any lands not fairly drained, and 

 fitted by the action of the elements for perfect results. In 

 this crop the rye was very heavy, a measured bushel weigh- 

 ing sixty pounds. In consequence of a severe storm just 

 before harvest, it was estimated that five bushels were lost." 



