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turnips. The crop of turnips has been sold on the ground, 

 without harvesting, for $40. Realizing, the present season, 

 from one acre and five rods of land, which a few years ago 

 was almost worthless, the sum of $137 72^. The labor on 

 the above crops was nothing more than usual with such crops, 

 but no separate account of it was kept. The expense of filling 

 up the meadow cannot be ascertained with certainty, but I 

 should think it was not far from $300 per acre. 



I will also add, that the hay and straw on the piece of Capt. 

 Taylor, of which you have the statement for this year, have 

 also been weighed, and found to be 3^ tons. 



Charles Breck. 

 Milton, Nov. 15, 1852. 



Charles BrecJvS Statement. 



The following account of several grain crops lately raised in 

 this town, if they do not come within the rules granting pre- 

 miums for such crops, yet they may be worthy of preservation 

 among the doings of the society. 



The first two crops which I will mention, were those raised 

 by Capt. Charles Taylor, whose statement is as follows : — " In 

 the fall of 1850, during the month of August, I had a piece of 

 ground ploughed which had been to pasture for a number of 

 years, and was much overrun with bushes and blackberry 

 vines. One acre and three-quarters, as was afterwards ascer- 

 tained by measure, was spread with about seven cords of pig- 

 gery manure, and well harrowed in ; the piece was then sowed 

 with three bushels of rye, about the 1st of September ; the 

 ground was then again harrowed, and left to take its chance. 

 In the summer of 1851 it was harvested, threshed, and 68 

 bushels sold, and two bushels we had ground, making 70 

 bushels of good, clean, merchantable rye, besides about two 

 bushels of screenings whl^'.i were left, and there were three 

 tons of good straw, as ascertained by weight. The ground 

 was then again ploughed, and the stubble turned in. The 

 scattering rye which was left upon the ground came up well, 

 and when it was about three or four inches high, thinking to 

 kill it, the piece was sowed with grass seed, and well harrowed. 



