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Charles C. SeivaWs Statement. 

 I present for your inspection, a specimen of black sea wheat, 

 raised by me this last summer. The soil upon which it was 

 raised, is a deep loam, upon a gravelly subsoil. It was culti- 

 vated last year with corn, and well manured, and ploughed 

 again in the fall. In the spring of this year, I spread upon it 

 about ten cart-loads of compost manure, from the hogsty and 

 barn-yard, cross-ploughed and harrowed it, and sowed, April 

 23d, one bushel of good seed, which had been soaked in car- 

 bonate of ammonia ten hours. It was then rolled with a stone 

 roller. After the grain had sprung up about two inches, I spread 

 upon it two barrels, or six bushels of wood ashes, unleached. 

 And from eighty-six rods of ground, I cradled two horse loads 

 of straw, yielding sixteen and a half bushels of clean grain. 



Medfield, September 2Ath, 1849. 



Jared Alleii's Statement. 



The acre of ground on which the corn was raised, which I 

 offer for premium, was in grass last season, of a strong loamy 

 soil, and was ploughed the 1st of October, eight inches deep, 

 and furrowed in April. I spread seventeen cart-loads of ma. 

 nure, from my barn-cellar, ploughed it in, harrowed and ploughed 

 again before planting, which was between the 15th and 20th 

 of May. It was furrowed three feet three inches one way, and 

 the hills were placed twenty inches apart, the other way, and 

 there were twenty cart-loads of rotten yard-manure put into the 

 hills ; also, one table-spoonful of plaster and five kernels of corn, 

 and I put another table-spoonful of plaster on each hill before 

 hoeing. I ploughed between the rows, and hoed twice. The 

 stalks were cut, after the leaves were somewhat turned. The 

 rod of ground which was harvested and measured, to estimate 

 from, was selected by Rufus Battle and H. W. Jones, who 

 were particular to make a true estimate, and we found there 

 were on the acre, one hundred and ninety-five bushels of ears. 

 On the rod gathered, there were forty-four hills, and one hundred 

 and forty-five ears, and one hundred and twenty ears made a 

 bushel, after being well shaken down. 



Dover, November 14<A, 1849. 



