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rye, and saw liim measure it, and there were forty-two bushels 

 clean rye. 



Harrison Newton. 



William Wilson. 



The plan filed shows one acre and eighteen rods. The rye 

 weighed, Ly Mr. Johnson, sixty and one-quarter pounds to the 

 bushel. 



E. Woods, Secretary. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of George Dickinson. 



The land on which this crop was raised contains three acres 

 and thirty-six rods of second quality meadow land. In 1852 it 

 was planted to corn, and manured at the rate of ten loads to 

 the acre, spriead on and harrowed in. After the corn had been 

 cut and stacked the rye was sown, at the rate of one bushel 

 and one peck to the acre. I harvested in July, threshed in 

 August, and the yield was one hundred thirty bushels and eight 

 quarts, averaging forty bushels and ten quarts per acre, at 

 fifty-six pounds to the bushel. 



Value of crop : — 

 130^ bushels, at 80 cents, 

 3^- tons straw, at $6, . 



Expenses : — 

 Interest on land, at $100 per acre, . 

 Labor, ....... 



Team, ....... 



Four bushels seed, at 75 cents, 



Net profit, . . . . . . . $71 81 



Hadley, November 24, 1853. 



Statement of N. Sf B. Smith. 



The land on which our rye was raised contains one acre seven 

 and a half rods. A crop of wheat was taken off in 1852, yield- 

 itio- about twelve bushels per acre. No manure was applied 



