]35 



Avitli spring wheat, and harrowed in ; tlie produce was 1380 lbs. I 

 have not, in the account, charged for tlie clay, I consider that a 

 large share of it remains for the benefit of future crops. 

 I charge for the 



2 ploughings, 



Sowing and harrowing, . . . _ 



One-half 12 loads manure, .... 

 Heaping, binding, say $-1 ; threshing ^4, 

 2 bushels seed, at $l.f)0, .... 



Interest on land, worth say ^50 per acre ; taxes, 



$25.70 

 Credit. — By 23 bushels Wheat, at $1.50, - - 34.50 



Horatio Mason. 

 East 3Iedway, November, 1853. 



STATEMENT OF BENJ. N. SAWIN, OF DOVER, OK BEANS. 



Gentlemen — The half acre of White Beans which I offer for 

 premium was raised on soil of a light, sandy loam, which has been 

 improved as a pasture for nineteen years, without any cultivation. 

 In November, 1852, it was ploughed for the purpose of killing out 

 the bushes, (consisting of white birch, sage willow, &c.) ; the 1st of' 

 June last it was harrowed with a cultivator harrow across the fur- 

 rows, and furrowed with a plough, one way, three feet apart ; I then 

 api)lied one and a half cords of unfermented manure, taken from the 

 barn cellar, put half of a shovelful in the hill, eighteen inches apart 

 in the row. The beans were planted the 10th of June ; put from 

 twelve to fifteen beans in a hill ; they were hoed but once. They 

 were harvested the 1st of October, and, when threshed, measured 8 

 bushels and four quarts. Thoy weighed 70 lbs. to the bushel. 

 They were of the variety called the pea bean. 



EXPENSE OF THE CHOP. 



Interest on value of land, at $30 per acre, - $0.90 



Taxes, .09 



June 6. — Harrowing, ....... .64 



