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acre. I was then obliged to leave it, on account of the water, 

 until after planting. June 1st, it still was very wet, but I suc- 

 ceeded in getting it all sown with oats and grass seed. 2.^ 

 bushels oats, one peck herdsgrass, one bushel northern red- 

 top clover, (six pounds) were sown to the acre. It was thor- 

 oughly harrowed in, and then rolled. The season continuing 

 very wet, very few of the oats sown on the low parts came up. 

 Those sown on the higher parts, came up and grew very well. 

 One third of the field, at least, was so injured by the water, 

 that it was cut when green for hay, or reserved to feed out 

 without threshing. This left three and one third acres to be 

 cut and threshed. After threshing, the oats measured one hun- 

 dred and five bushels. The seed oats were of the variety 

 known as the Bedford oats, which are less subject to blast, 

 than any other variety with which I am acquainted. The 

 expense of the crop, was as follows : 



Ploughing, harrowing, sowing, and rolling 3J acres, 

 at $2 50 per acre, . - _ . 



Interest on value of land, - - _ - 



Taxes, .--_-- 

 Harvesting, - > - - _ 



Threshing, by horse power, and winnowing. 

 Nine bushels seed, at 55 cents, 



Total, - - $35 17 



The value of the crop, was, 



For 105 bushels, at 55 cents, 

 " 2^ tons straw, at $7 00, 



Total, 

 Balance, 



$40 08 



Dover, Dec. 1, 1851. 



Horatio JV. Joneses Statement on Corn. 



The acre of corn, for which I ask a premium, was improved 

 as a corn-field the last year. There had been no manure put 



