BROOMCORN. 221 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Eiihu Smith. 



The piece of broomcorii which I enter for premium contains 

 one acre and three rods. The land had been seeded to clover 

 one year, and was ploughed and planted on account of the 

 clover having been wholly winter-killed. 



It was cultivated the present season as follows : Six loads of 

 stable manure were ploughed in, and the piece was planted 

 about the 25th of May, and a fertilizer put in the hill, consist- 

 ing of twenty pounds of Peruvian guano mixed with seventy- 

 five pounds of plaster of Paris. Hoed three times. Yield of 

 brush 900 lbs., and of seed 53i bush., weighing 24| lbs. per 

 bush. The expense of cultivation and value of crop is as 

 follows : — 



Value of crop : — 

 900 lbs. of brush, at 6c., . • . . . |54 00 

 531 bush, of seed at 25c., .... 13 32 



167 32 



Expenses : — 

 Ploughing, harrowing and planting, . . $2 50 

 Six loads of manure, at $1.25 per load. 

 Cultivating and hoeing, three times, . 

 Harvesting, scraping, and cleaning seed, 

 Interest on land, .... 



Net profit, 136 32 



Sunderland, Nov. 15, 1857. 



Statement of Albert Montague. 



The acre of land on which my broomcorn was raised is a 

 sandy loam. It lies in Sunderland meadow. It has been in 

 broomcorn for three seasons, and although not so good this 

 year as last, I consider it above the average of this year's crops. 

 I ploughed the land about the middle of May, harrowed it 

 enough to pulverize it well, then, with a small plough, furrowed 



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