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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



quite as large. The seed I had of Mr. Albert Thomas of Mid- 

 dleboro'. I planted in rows each way, 3|- feet apart, on the 12th 

 of May, using 6 barrels of poudrette on the lot, or about | gill 

 per hill. The corn was hoed twice, and harvested the last of 

 September and the first of October ; product, 150 bushels of 

 ears. We laid aside 2 bushels, in an airy place, which has been 

 shelled, and is now in good order to grind, which weighs 63 lbs., 

 which would make a yield of 84 bushels of 56 lbs. from the lot. 

 Charging one-half the manure ploughed in, and the w^iole cost 

 of the poudrette and labor, the corn cost 50 cents per bushel. 

 We believe the corn fodder will more than pay the expense of 

 harvesting. 



The following are the items of expense : — 



^ of 30 loads of manure ploughed in, 



" " carting out and spreading, . 



ploughing and furrowing, 



^ bushel seed, 



6 bbls. of poudrette, 



3 days planting, . 



6 days hoeing. 



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Potatoes — I acre of Davis' seedlings. Harvested 80 bushels, 

 at a cost of 20 cents per bushel. 



Turnips-^200 bushels, at a cost of 6 cents per bushel. 



My efforts have been to increase the crop of English hay, 

 which for two years has been 20 tons annually. I shall have 

 to put forth greater efforts to improve my pasture, or adopt 

 the soiling system in part, as I can now winter twice the stock 

 that I can pasture in the summer. 



The lots drained continue to yield abundant crops. The one 

 referred to in last year's statement, then having th6 item of 

 136.20 of expense outstanding for reclaiming, has the present 

 year produced 24 tons of hay, together with the feed obtained 

 from the lot since haying, and will more than balance the account 

 of expense. 



The crop of English hay was taken from 8 acres, and I have 

 this year* stocked down to grass 5 acres. 



