$92 09 



BARLEY. 201 



Rcapinj:^, Ijindinj^, and stooking, . 

 Moviii<i; and stacking, 

 Threshing and winnowing, . 



Value of the crop : — 

 132| bushels rj'c, at 90 cents, . 



7 tons, 300 lbs. straw, at 75 cents per 



cwt., 



22G 77 



$134 68 



The above crop is at the rate of forty-seven and a half 

 bushels to the acre ; and tlie land on which it was raised has 

 always Ijeen called worn-out plain, and considered worth about 

 $50 per acre. 



MiLTox, September 26, 1853. 



BARLEY. 



BERKSHIRE. 



^ From the Report of the ComTnittee. 



E. R. Colt, Pittsfield, and E. S. Rowley, of Richmond, showed 

 us crops, which in some seasons, would have commanded some- 

 thing more than a badge of honor. It seems as yet, to be an 

 open question whether the two or six-rowed barley gives the 

 best returns. The six-rowed has shorter heads, and usually 

 lighter kernels, but more in number. It appeared to us, as we 

 saw them growing adjacent to each other, that the two-rowed 

 would bear sowing some thicker than the other, and is not as 

 liable to fall down before it is well filled. We saw splendid 

 crops of both kinds. 



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