822 



HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY. 



Net profit. 



S13 82 

 $30 41 



W. E. Sf S. S. Dickinson's Statement. 



The land on which our rye was grown was new, and con- 

 tains one acre. The wood was cut off in the spring of 1851, 

 and in September following, we burned the brush, bushes, &c. 

 The soil is a dark loam, rather wet, and was not manured. 

 We sowed white rye, and grass seed, broadcast, in October, 

 and immediately harrowed the surface. We used one bushel 

 of rye and one peck of herds-grass to the acre. We harvested 

 the crop of rye about the middle of July, 1852, and had forty 

 bushels, three pecks and three quarts, at 56 lbs. per bushel. 



VALUE OF CROP. 



40f I Bushels, at 80 cents per bushel. 



3 2 

 1 3 



Tons straw, at $6 per ton. 



EXPENSE. 



For Seed, . , . . 

 " Sowing and harrowing, 

 " Harvesting, 

 " Threshing and cleaning, 

 " Interest on land, . 



$43 17 



12 20 



Net gain. 



$30 97 



R. Wales Smith'' s Statement. 



The crop of corn which I offer for premium, was raised in 

 Hadley, on one acre of loamy soil. The lot was in grass, until 

 November, 1851, when I ploughed eight inches deep. Last 



