WHEAT. 



189 



Value of crop : — 



35| bushels Avhcat, ... 

 2,300 pounds of straw, ... 



Expenses : — 



Ploughiii!:^. liarrowing, rolling, and sowing. 



Harvesting and tliresliiag, 



Lime, as'.ies, and salt — preparing and ap 



plying the same, .... 

 Interest on land, .... 



Net gain, ..... 



$G0 G2 



23 33 



$37 29 



HAMPDEX. 



A7710S M. Carlton s Statement. 



The crop of wheat which I offer for premium, was grown on 

 one and a lialf acres of land, for the use of which, Avith the 

 manure furnished, I pay a rent of ten dollars per annum. The 

 soil is a dark, heavy, sand loam, in part ; the remainder is lighter 

 from an increase of sand ; it was planted the two previous 

 years, year before last, with potatoes, without manure; last 

 year, well manured, and planted with corn and potatoes ; the 

 produce, forty bushels of corn, and sixty-two of potatoes. 

 Value of crop, sixty-one dollars. The crop was removed about 

 the middle of September, and the land prepared for the present 

 crop. Two bushels and a half of seed were used, witli a light 

 top-dressing of manure. The land was well harrowed and 

 seeded Avith grass seed. The crop of wheat Avas liarA'csted in 

 July, and the yield Avas fifty-tAvo bushels of Avlieat; equal to 

 thirty-four and two-thirds bushels per acre. The expense of 

 cultivation Avas as follows : — • 



For preparing the land, soAving and harrow- 

 ing in seed # . $5 00 



Seed, 3 75 



Harvesting, 7 50 



