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WHEAT. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Joel Hayward' s Statement. 



Gentlemen, I oflFer for premium one acre of spring wheat, on 

 whiiili I raised thirty-two and a quarter bushels. The land was 

 a deep loam, and was planted to corn last season, to which crop 

 was applied thirty-three loads of manure. Last spring it was 

 ploughed twice, and sowed April 20th with two bushels of 

 Italian spring wheat; the last of May we applied two hundred 

 pounds of plaster; harvested the 5th and 6th days of August. 



Edward Smith's Statement 



The field on which my wheat grew was planted with corn 

 last year, with about twenty-five cart loads af manure to the 

 acre. The expense of the present year's crop is as follows : — 



Splitting the hills, myself and oxen, 

 Ploughing, one and a half day, 

 Sowing and harrowing, ... 

 Harvesting, ..... 

 Threshing and winnowing. 

 Seed; two and three-quarter bushels, 



. . $12 68 



The above is the expense of one and a half acres. 



The field was measured by Mr. Woodward. Mr. Whitney 

 measured the grain when it was threshed, and pronounced it 

 thirty-three bushels. Weight, sixty-six pounds per bushel. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



StatemeJit of Washington Miller. 



I offer for premium a crop of wheat raised on one acre, in 

 Sunderland. From this acre I took a fine crop of potatoes last 

 fall. The year previous the land was a piece of old meadow. 

 I harrowed and manured in the hill, putting a small shovelful of 

 compost and a handful of lime and ashes in each hill. About 



