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Returns— AO bushels of oats, 20 00 ; straw, 7 00, . 27 00 



Balance in favor of oats, $18 50 



2. In Dunstable, the charges of cultivation are as follows : 



Ploughing, 1 50 ; 3^ bushels of seed, 1 75, 



Sowing and harrowing. 



Cradling and stooking, 1 50 ; threshing, 4 00, . 



Returns — 40 bushels of oats, . 

 Straw, one ton, 



Balance in favor of oats, f 19 50 



3. In Tyngsborough, the cost is thus given. The crop is 

 taken after corn. 



Splitting corn hills, sowing and harrowing, 



Seed, two bushels of oats. 



Cradling and tying up, 1 00 ; threshing, 2 00 



Returns — 40 bushels of oats, . 

 1 ton of oat straw, . 



Balance in favor of oats, $21 50 



This is very light cultivation ; and the land is ploughed once 

 only for the whole course. The seeding too is small ; very 

 few farmers allow less than two bushels to an acre. Crops of 

 sixty bushels and more are frequently raised, where the land is 

 in high condition. In Worcester county, I have the assurance of 

 the present Governor of the Commonwealth, that he has produced 

 one hundred bushels to an acre ; and in Berkshire county, a 

 crop of eight acres has averaged ninety-six bushels to the acre. 

 The general yield through the State, however, does not exceed 



