130 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



My corn being thus late, was much injured by the September 

 gale. Perhaps it was injudicious to plant corn on the same 

 land two years in succession ; but the best corn I ever raised 

 grew on land planted to corn the previous year." 



Wheat. — Charles 0. Thayer, of West Bridgewater. One 

 hundred and seventy-three rods of gravelly loam ; in corn in 

 1867, manured with fifteen loads of barnyard manure, of thirty 

 bushels each ; in potatoes in 1868, manured with sixteen loads 

 of similar manure ; ploughed September 8, 1868, seven inches 

 deep ; one hundred bushels of ashes harrowed in ; six pecks of 

 blue stem wheat sowed September 12, harrowed in, and the 

 ground rolled ; harvested the last of July by cradling. Product, 

 1,856 pounds of wheat, being at the rate of 1,716 pounds, or 

 28|| bushels per acre, and 3,000 pounds of straw. Expenses : 

 Ploughing and other preparation, $5 ; manure, $22 ; seed and 

 planting, $4 ; harvesting, $14 ; total, $45. 



James Howard, of West Bridgewater. One hundred and 

 sixty-two rods of stiff, gravelly loam, with a small percentage of 

 clay ; in corn in 1867, manured with fifty loads, of thirty bush- 

 els each, of manure from the barn cellar ; in corn in 1868, ma- 

 nured with twenty-five loads as before ; ploughed, September 

 17, 1868, about six inches deep ; one and one-half bushels of 

 white flint wheat sowed September 18 ; harrowed, bushed and 

 rolled ; cradled July 19, and threshed with hand-flails. Prod- 

 uct, 1,580 pounds of wheat, being at the rate of 1,560 pounds, 

 or twenty-six bushels per acre very nearly, and 2,500 pounds of 

 straw. Expenses : Ploughing and other preparation, $3 ; seed 

 and sowing, $7 ; harvesting, $14 ; total, $24. 



In his statement, Mr. Howard says : " My wheat crop, when 

 harvested, was worth $86, and, with flour at prices it averaged 

 two years ago, would have been worth $125. I think the atten- 

 tion of farmers in this vicinity should be called to the advan- 

 tage of producing their own bread. More value of wheat can 

 be raised upon an acre, at the same expense of labor and ma- 

 nure, than of Indian corn. Winter wheat, raised on our own 

 farms, will make better flour than is found in the market. I 

 think Plymouth County farmers should aim to produce such 

 crops as they require for their own consumption, when it can 

 be done economically. I would not, by this statement, influence 

 any one to scatter seed, hap-hazard, upon any piece of land, at 



