WHEAT. 195 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Joseph Kingman. 



The land on which I raised my winter wheat is rather high 

 ground and what may be called a sandy loam, about half of 

 which had been planted two years ; first to corn, and then to 

 early potatoes. The wheat was sown after harvesting the pota- 

 toes, about the 15th of September ; the other part was sward land, 

 planted to corn last year, and the wheat sown immediately after 

 taking the corn off, the very last of September. The kind 

 sown was the white flint, about five pecks to the acre. The 

 land, when planted, was pretty well manured, but not heavily, 

 say about fifteen ox-cart loads to the acre. No manure used 

 on the wheat, except a load or two from the sink, and twenty 

 bushels of leached ashes put on the poorest part. The wheat 

 came up well, and spread so as nearly to cover the ground be- 

 fore winter. There was but very little killed by the winter. 

 It grew luxuriantly and produced a large crop of straw. The 

 wheat, I think, suffered a little from the drought in July, but 

 notwithstanding, I had twenty-five and a half bushels of as fine 

 wheat as I ever saw from three-fourths of an acre and fourteen 

 rods. 



West Bridgewater. 



BAENSTABLE. 



Statement of J. H. Knowles. 



The wheat I offer for a premium was raised on half an acre 



of land. Manured at the rate of fifty loads to the acre, of 



barnyard manure ; ploughed about ten inches deep, and planted 



with corn. The wheat sown about the 15th of September, 



among the corn, and hoed in. The value of the land was about 



$80 per acre. The produce was eight bushels on the half acre. 



Five pecks of seed were sown to the acre. 



Dr. 



Two and one-half pecks seed, . . . $0 75 



Hoeing in, . 75 



Harvesting, . . . . . . 1 00 



$2 50 



