178 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



100 pounds of ears shelled 76J pounds ; 1 bushel of shelled 

 corn in measure weighed 51^ pounds : therefore, 6,721 pounds 

 of ears, divided by 76|-100, equal 5,141|- pounds of shelled 

 corn, and 5,141;] , divided by 57| pounds, — weight of 1 bushel, — 

 equals 89^q bushels ; 184 pounds unsound corn, equal in value 

 1 to bushel. 



Or. 



8, -8 25 lbs. stover, at |6 per ton, $26 52 



90-j*Q bushels corn, at 95 cents per bushel, . . 86 38 



$112 90 



Dr. 



To interest on land, . 

 8 cords manure, at 

 ploughing twice, . 

 hoeing, 

 harvesting, . 



Net profit, . . .... $46 90 



Wheat. — The land upon which the crop of wheat that 1 offer 

 for premium was grown is a dark loam, nine inches deep, rest- 

 ing upon a gravelly subsoil, nearly level, not subject to drought 

 or excessive wet ; it measures one acre. Last year it was 

 planted with corn, manured with six and one-half cords of 

 good compost manure, and produced a good crop ; this year no 

 manure of any kind was used. 



April 27th I ploughed finely eight inches deep ; then sowed 

 upon the furrow one and a half bushels of spring wheat, after 

 soaking it two hours in strong brine, and harrowed it in ; then 

 dragged the ground smooth. 



August 12th it was cradled and stooked up. September 3d, 

 it being dry and in good order, I had the unthreshcd grain 

 weighed and stored in the barn ; had it threshed immediately. 

 After the graiu had lain in the chaff for ten days, I winnowed 

 and weighed it. There were 1,504 pounds. Allowing 60 

 pounds per bushel, it yielded 25 j^g bushels of plump, handsome 

 wheat, — a sample of which was shown at the exhibition hall, 

 September 29th. 1,504 pounds of grain, deducted from 3,405 



