RYE. 



197 



Cradling, one man one day, 



Binding and carting into barn, one man one 



day, one pair of oxen half a day, 

 Threshing, one man three days, . 

 Carting the straw to Haverhill, one mile and 



One bushel of rye sown, $1.12; ten loads 

 of manure, $10, . . . . . 



Value of crop, thirty-four and five eighths 

 bushels, sold at $1,121 per bushel, . 



3,860 pounds of straw sold at fifty cents per 

 hundred, ....... 



Net profit, ...... 



Beadford, November 1, 1853. 



$0 83 



22 21 



58 25 



$36 04 



WORCESTER WEST. 



Statement of William A. Johnson. 



I mowed off a crop of hay, 1st July, and ploughed it up. 

 About the middle of August I harrowed and sowed on five pecks 

 of seed and used no manure. 



Expenses : — 

 Eirst ploughing, ..... 

 My boy and team getting in, one day, 

 Reaping and getting in, three days. 

 Threshing, (every eleventh bushel — four bush 



els, nearly,) ..... 



Value of crop : — 



Forty-two bushels rye, . 

 Two tons straw, . 



$12 00 



54 00 



$42 00 



We, the subscribers, certify that we threshed Mr. Johnson's 



