66 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Time and manner of harvesting ? October lOtli. Husked 

 in field, shelled, measured and weighed the corn of one rod. 

 The remainder of the crop was not then harvested. 



Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking or 

 threshing ? Five dollars and ten cents estimated expense for 

 the half acre. 



Amount of straw, stover, or other product ? Estimated 

 twelve dollars per acre. 



Statement of Mr. Willard Coburn, Dracut. 



"What was the crop of 1863 ? Grass. 



What manure was used, and how much ? Xone. 



"What was the crop of 1864 ? Corn. 



What manure was used, and how much ? Stable manure, 

 mixed with loam, three and a quarter cords per acre. 



What is the nature of the soil ? Interval land. 



When, and how n^ny times ploughed, and how deep? 

 Ploughed once. May 10th, about seven inches. 



What other preparation for the seed ? Harrowed and furrowed, 

 and manured in the hill with one and a half cords night-soil 

 per acre. 



Cost of ploughing and other preparation ? Three dollars per 



acre. 



Amount of manure, in loads of thirty bushels, and how 

 applied ? Seventeen loads, two-thirds stable manure, one-third 

 night-soil, spread and ploughed in. 



Value of manure upon the ground ? Twenty-one dollars. 



When and how planted, and the amount and kind of seed ? 

 Planted May loth, six quarts of seed to the acre ; called the 

 Perham and Canada corn, jnixed. 



Cost of seed and planthig? One dollar and seventy-five 

 cents. 



How cultivated, and how many times? Ploughed twice the 

 same way, and hoed twice. 



Cost of cultivation, including weeding and thinning ? Five 

 dollars and fifty cents. 



Time and manner of harvesting? Harvested an average 

 rod October 10th. Tlie rest of the field was to be harvested 

 immediately. 



