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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



lbs. of plaster. Sowed two bushels of seed, September 20tli ; 

 harrowed in and rolled. Harvested about the first of August, 

 in good condition. 



Expenses : — 



Seed, 

 Guano, 

 Plaster, 

 Labor, 



Value of crop : — 

 35 bushels wheat, at -12, 

 Straw, . ... 



Profit, . 

 Gill, November 2, 1857. 



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Statement of Isaac Burrows. 



Quantity of land, 280 rods ; product, forty-one bushels. In 

 1856, the land was stubble, a crop of wheat having been raised 

 in 1855. In 1856, applied twenty cart-loads of long manure to 

 the acre and planted to corn. Product of corn in 1856, 83 

 bushels of shelled corn. Ploughed twice previous to sowing ; 

 sowed September 18, 1856 ; harrowed in wheat, sowed dry and 

 clear. 



Expenses : — 



Seed, 



Ploughing, first time, 

 Ploughing, second time, 

 Harrowing, .... 

 Harvesting and threshing, 



Value of crop :- 



Wheat, 

 Straw, 



Profit, 

 Seed was brought from Indiana. 

 Bernaudstox, October 26, 1857. 



127 87 



90 00 



162 13 



