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were all better than the last mentioned. I then plough- 

 ed down the stubble, and sowed wheat the fifth year 

 in succession, and put a coat of manure on it in the 

 winter. The crop was reaped this summer, and when 

 threshed will yield as much as any of the preceding 

 crops, if not more. The wheat this year was very 

 strong and well filled. I intend to sow the ground with 

 wheat this year again.—I verily believe, that the crop 

 of the fourth year, which measured 83 1-2 bushels, 

 was the lightest of the five. 



A number of the most respectable inhabitants of 

 Hanover, are well acquainted with most of the facts 

 here stated, as the lot has been frequently examined, 

 and the crops which I have raised on it have excited 

 the attention of the neighbourhood. Every crop was 

 clean, and fit for seed wheat. 



I have made this statement at the request of D. Cas- 

 sat, this 10th day of August, 1813. 



I intend to put wheat in this lot, every year, for a 

 long time to come, as the land seems to improve un- 

 der it. Several of my neighbours have began the same 

 plan, and have had wheat on the same ground three 

 years in succession, and it succeeds as well with them 



as it does with me. 



Peter Eckert. 



Witness. D. Cassat. 



