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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



The weather while the hay crop was growing in the field was 

 nearly as follows : — 



May, 



June, 



July, 



First Third. Middle Third. Last Third. 



. dry. dry. dry. 



. wet. moist. moist. 



. moist. dry. dry. 



The grass was cut July 8, 1862, and was a mixture of clover, 

 honeysuckle and blue grass, and when it was well cured it 

 weighed as follows : 



Plot No. 1, 150 lbs. ; No. 2, 172 lbs. ; No. 3,167 lbs. ; No. 4, 

 175 lbs. ; No. 5, 88 lbs. 



As you have had a statement of the mode of cultivation for 

 two years last past, I will now merely give you an account of 

 the amount of the produce of each plot, with its estimated value 

 for each of the three years. Corn is valued at 81 per cwt. on 

 the ear, corn fodder and straw at 40 cents per cwt., barley at 

 75 cents per bushel, and hay at $14 per ton, in the following 

 estimate : — 



Total value of plot, for three years. 



87 36 



Plot No. 2. 



1860, 407 lbs. corn, . 

 380 lbs. stover, . 



1861, 1 bushel 9 qts. barley 

 75 lbs. straw, . 



1862, 175 lbs. hay, . 



Total value of plot, 



84 07 



1 32—85 39 

 06 



30—81 26 

 1 20 



87 85 



