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I have charged for two ploughings, $2 50; sowing and 



harrowing, 1 25, - - - - $3 75 



do. land worth ^60 per acre, 3 60 ; taxes, ,50, - 4 10 



do. threshing, $3 50 ; ten loads niannre, 5 00, - 8 50 

 do. mowing, raking, and carting, $3 00 ; l^- bushels 



seed, 1 75, - - - - 4 75 



$21 10 



Cr. by 37| bushels barley, at 75 cts. per bushel, - $28 13 

 E. Medway, Nov., 1851. 



Hoj-atio Masoii's Statement on Wheat. 



The wheat field which you viewed in July last, contains 

 180 rods. The soil is a gravelly loam, planted with corn the 

 last year, with a dressing of twelve loads of green manure. 



This spring the ground was ploughed, and about the same 

 quantity and quality of manure spread as last year, and ploughed 

 in. The land was then divided into two equal parts. One 

 half the seed was thoroughly soaked in lime water, then mixed 

 with plaster and ashes, and sown upon one half the ground. 

 The other half was sown at the same time with dry seed, and 

 the whole harrowed in. There was no perceptible difference 

 in the grain, where the seed was soaked and where it was sown 

 dry. Sowed the first week in May, IJ bushels — gathered in 

 July — threshed in September, 



Product, twenty-five bushels. Weight, sixty pounds per 

 bushel. Land worth $75 per acre. 



I have charged for use of land, and taxes, - - $6 75 



<' " " two ploughings, - - - 3 00 



" '< " sowing and harrowing, - - 1 25 



" " " one half, twelve loads manure, - 6 00 



" " " reaping, binding, &c., - - 3 75 



" " " threshing 25 bush., 12i cts. per. bush., 3 13 



«' " " 1§ bushels seed, at $1 50 per bush., 2 62 



Making the sum of - $26 50 



Cr. by 25 bushels wheat, at $1 33 per bushel, $33 25 



E. Medway, Nov., 1851. 



