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vested the first week in August, and the product, at 60 lbs. to 

 the bushel, was 33 bushels. 

 I have charged as follows : 



Manure, ..... 



Two ploughings, 



Sowing, harrowing, and bushing, 



Cradling, binding, and carting, . 



Threshing by horse power, and cleaning. 



Two and a fourth bushels of seed, at $1 50 per bush., 



$7 00 



2 75 

 1 75 



3 50 



4 13 

 3 38 



$22 51 

 41 25 



Value of 33 bushels of wheat, at $1 25 per bushel, 



I consider the land in so much better state now than in 1850, 

 that I have made no charge for the use of it and the taxes. 

 The land is valued at about $70 per acre. 



East Medway, Nov., 1852. 



Charles C. SeiualVs Statement. 



The ground upon which was raised the wheat offered by me 

 for premium, has been measured by Mr. John W. Adams, of 

 this place, and contains 143 square rods. The amount of the 

 crop is 19 bushels, or 21^ bushels per acre. 



The seed of this crop was a new variety of spring wheat, 

 called Java Wheat. It was steeped in brine eighteen hours, 

 then covered with lime, and sown at the rate of two bushels 

 per acre. The ground had produced corn the last year, and 

 had been heavily manured at the time of planting. In the 

 spring of this year it was ploughed with the Michigan plough. 

 Four ox-loads of compost manure were spread and harrowed 

 into it. When the wheat had sprung up, about 2 cwt. of bone 

 dust and 50 lbs. of guano, mixed with 6 bushels of wood ashes, 

 were spread evenly over the ground. 



The wheat grew finely at first, but was checked by the 

 drought, and probably yielded less than it would have done in 

 a more favorable soil, or in a better season. The soil is a 

 gravelly loam. The wheat was perfectly free from smut. 



The exact amount of cost of this crop cannot be given, nor 

 can the exact profit be estimated until the grain is disposed of. 



Medfield, Nov. 11, 1852. 



