RYE. 19-7 



Cradling, one man one day, . . . $0 83 



Binding and carting into barn, one man one 



day, one pair of oxen half a day, . . 1 25 



Tliresliing, one man three days, . . . 2 50 



Carting the straw to Haverhill, one mile and 



a half, 1 50 



One bushel of rye sown, $1.12; ten loads 



of manure, $10, 11 12 



22 21 



Value of crop, thirty-four and five eighths 



bushels, sold at $1,121 per bushel, . . $38 95 



3,860 pounds of straw sold at fifty cents per 



hundred, 19 30 



58 25 



Net profit, $36 04 



Bradford, November 1, 1853. 



WORCESTER WEST. 



Statement of William A. Johnson. 



I mowed ofi" a crop of hay, 1st July, and ploughed it up. 

 About the middle of August I harrowed and sowed on five pecks 

 of seed and used no manure. 



Expenses : — 



First ploughing, " . $3 00 



My boy and team getting in, one day, . . 1 00 

 Reaping and getting in, three days, . . 4 00 

 Threshing, (every eleventh bushel — four bush- 

 els, nearly,) 4 00 



$12 00 



Value of crop : — 



Forty-two bushels rye, $42 00 



Two tons straw, 12 00 



- 54 00 



$42 00 

 "We, the subscribers, certify that we threshed Mr. Johnson's 



