25 



Ploughing, . 2 34 



Seed, half bs. wheat, $1 00 ; seed, two bs. oats, f 1 00, 2 00 



Sowing and harrowing, ..... 60 



10 lbs. clover, . . . . . . . 1 00 



Cradling, $1 50; threshing by flail, $2 00 . . 3 50 



$9 34 



Return. 



Straw, 



35 bushels at 75 cents 



Balance in favor of the crop, 



The crop of pease and oats, when raised together, is ground 

 together ; and the meal is much valued both for cattle and 

 swine when in a course of fattening. Forty bushels of pease 

 and oats per acre would be regarded as a large crop. This has 

 been produced, however, on nine acres, in Deerfield meadows. 

 Some farmers sow at the rate of one third pease and two thirds 

 oats. 



5 Rye. — This crop is grown to some extent in Franklin 

 county ; but it receives no pains in the cultivation. It seems 

 very much like a rogue in a crowd, running the gauntlet where 

 every one gives him a kick. If he survives the treatment, it is 

 a just subject of gratulation. 



From any inquiry which I have been able to make in 

 any part of the State, I have never found a farmer who took 

 much pains in the selection of his seed rye. It is commonly 

 sown upon the poorest soils, and without manure. The produce 

 in general corresponds with the treatment given to it. The 

 yield varies from seven bushels to forty-seven. In the year 

 1816, so memorable for the failure of the corn crop, and the 

 abundance of the small grains, oats, rye and wheat, forty-seven 

 bushels of rye were obtained on an acre of rich pasture land new- 

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