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2. In Bedford, the expense of a crop of barley is thus given : 



Ploughing, 2 00; sowing, harrowing and rolling, 1 50, 3 50 

 Two bush, seed, 2 00 ; mowing and harvesting. 2 00, 4 00 

 Threshing by machine, at 5 cents per bushel, . . 1 00 



Returns — 20 bushels barley, . . . 20 00 

 Straw, 10 00 



8 50 



30 00 



Balance in favor of crop, ^21 50 



3. In Groton, the culture of an acre of barley is thus rated : 



Ploughing, 1 67 ; manuring, 15 00 ; 3 bush, seed, 2 25, IS 92 

 Reaping, 2 00 ; threshing, 2 00, . . • . 4 00 



22 92 

 Returns — 35 bushels barley, at 75 cents, 26 25 



Straw on an acre, . . . - 5 00 



31 25 



Balance in favor of barley, $8 33 



4. Fifty -four bushels of barley have been raised upon an acre 

 in Sherburne. The land in the previous year was in Indian 

 corn, and received about twenty loads of barn-yard manure, 

 spread and placed in the hills. The soil is a dark rich loam, 

 level and moist. The crop of corn was forty bushels. The 

 ensuing spring it was ploughed early, and eight loads of barn- 

 yard manure were spread on the land and ploughed in. This 

 ploughing was about eight or nine inches deep. It was then 

 ploughed a third time with a horse plough, and fifty quarts of 

 clean seed were sowed upon the farrows and harrowed in. It 

 was harvested in July, and the product was fifty-four bushels 

 of sound barley. The amount of seed here sowed was about 

 half the usual quantity, but it was thought the crop would not 

 have been increased by sowing more seed ; and the large 

 yield was attributed to the excellent preparation of the land. 



