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/. Hooker'' s Statement. 



The lot on which my rye crop was raised, contained an acre 

 and a quarter of land. In 1849 a crop of rye and turnips were 

 raised on it, and in 1850 a crop of corn. The rye was sown 

 in the fall of 1850, (in the last days of September,) immedi- 

 ately after taking off the corn crop ; it was previously manured 

 for the corn — about five cords to the acre, but none was applied 

 when the rye was sown. The ground was ploughed, and 

 then the seed sown upon the furrow, and was harrowed over 

 once. The rye was gathered the last of July, and yielded 

 thirty-nine bushels by measurement. The quantity of seed 

 sown was rather more than farmers usually sow, being two 

 bushels and a peck to the whole piece. 



Net gain, - - - $15 65 



Francis Brewer''s Statement. 

 I present a statement of my crop of rye raised on one acre 

 of pine-plain land, being a portion of a lot purchased by me in 

 1841 ; it has never received but one load of manure since I 

 have owned it, and that was applied in corn-hills, and was a 

 total failure, excepting a large growth of cornstalks. In 1847, 

 I sowed oats and clover upon it ; the oats were a failure, the 

 clover was a partial catch, but mowed in 1848 ; in 1849, the 

 sorrel had, to use a court phrase — "expunged" the clover, and 



