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STATEMENT OF JOHN G. BERGEN. 



GowANus, Sept. 23, 1845. 

 The ground the summer previous to sowing was occupied by pota- 

 toes and squashes, of about equal quantity each. The potatoe ground 

 was plowed after the crop came off, before manuring for the wheat ; 

 the squash ground was not. Manured the potatoe ground in the 

 Spring with sea-weed from the beach ; the squashes with street ma- 

 nure from New-York, spread broadcast ; both crops manured in the 

 hill, and both on mellow ground, or where plow and hoe crops had 

 grown the previous year. 



The ground was prepared for sowing wheat by carting thereon 

 about 60 loads of street manure, (New-York corporation cartage,) at 

 12 1-2 cents per load and 15 cents freight; total $16.50. Plowed 

 the ground immediately preceding sowing, and sowed about the 28th 

 September, 1844, with Timothy, and in the Spring witli clover.. 

 Wheat heavy in straw ; heads large ; about one-fourth lodged ; hea- 

 viest in potatoe ground ; harvested when ripe. Shelled out more than 

 sufficient to sow the ground ; on which was sowed a trifle less than 

 four bushels. Threshed on the 8th, 9th, and lOih September by a 

 machine. The straw being very large, the machine could not take 

 the grain out clean, and in the longest straw which was lodged, pro- 

 bably one-fourth remained in the straw. Considerably injured while 

 in the barn, where it had remained since harvesting, by mice, rats, 

 and barn weevil. Measured when cleaned 86 1-2 bushels, or about 

 42 1-3 bushels to the acre. Ground surveyed and certified as con- 

 taining 2 acres 6J|i perches. Variety selected, red beard, white 

 wheat, three rows of grain on a side. 



JOHN G. BERGEN. 



STATEMENT FROM H. U. TIBBITS. 



YoNKERS, Nov. 24, 1845. 

 The ground upon which I raised my wheat was originally in mea- 

 dow, giving a light crop for several years. In the Spring of 1843 

 there was about 20 cart-loads of long manure applied to the acre, 

 spread evenly over the surface and turned under. The ground was 



