ON GRAIN CROPS. 181 



DANIEL OSBORN'S STATEMENT. 



To tlie Committee on Grain Crojjs : 



Gentlemen, — I present for your consideration a crop of Winter 

 Rye, raised on one half acre of land, from one half bushel of seed. 

 The rye was sown the latter part of the month of September, 1848, 

 after a crop of onions bad been harvested. The crop was harvested 

 in July. I obtiined from the half acre nineteen bushels of sound, 

 heavy rye. 



Subjoined is a statement of the expenses and receipts of said 

 crop : 



For preparing the land, - - - - $1 50 



For seed and sowing, - - - - - 1 00 



For harvesting, &c. &s., • - - - 5 00 



Amount of expenditures, 



For 19 bushels of rye, at $1 per bushel. 

 For one ton of straw, at 60 cents per cwt.^ 



Amount of receipts, 



Amount of receipts over expenditures, - • ^23 60 



DANIEL OSBORN. 



Danvers, Sept. 26th, 1849. 



JOSHUA FOSS'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Grain Crops : 



Gentlemen, — I ofier for premium a crop of Indian Corn, ob- 

 tained from an acre of land, and measuring two hundred and five 

 bushels of ears, or one hundred and two and a half bushels of corn 

 to the acre. The corn is the eight rowed yellow kind, not the lar- 

 gest, but of medium size, and was planted the first and second days 

 of May ; — land a dark loam, with light subsoil. In 1847 the land 

 "was broken up and planted with corn and potatoes, and well manured 

 in the hill. In 1848, about three-quarters of the land was sowed 

 with oats and barley, without manure ; the other quarter was ma- 

 nured at the rate of twenty loads to the acre, spread on, and planted 

 with potatoes. 



