548 



BARNSTABLE SOCIETY. 



To Samuel ChOds, of Barnstable, the first premium 

 on oats, . . . . . $3 00 



To James B. Crocker, of Yarmouth, for the best 

 conducted experiment on the cultivation of white 

 beans, the first premium of . . . 3 00 



Naaman Dillingham, 



Chairman of Executive Committee. 

 Barnstable, Nov. 26, 1852. 



Melatiah Sourness Statement. 



I present, for the committee's consideration, the following 

 statement of the yield of an acre of land belonging to my 

 farm, situated in the precincts of the village of Sandwich. 



The land consists of a light, friable loam ; it was planted 

 with corn last year, and is usually kept in good condition. In 

 April last, thirty loads of barn-manure were spread on the 

 land, and it was ploughed to the depth of eight inches. The 

 expense of cultivation and profit received may be thus stated : 



To 30 loads of barn-manure, 



To carting and spreading. 



To ploughing and harrowing, 



To planting and seed, 



To hoeing four times, 



To cutting and harvesting. 



To interest on land at $100 per acre, 



$30 00 

 3 00 

 3 50 

 1 50 

 6 00 

 6 00 

 6 00 



$56 00 



CREDIT. 



By 70 bushels 3 pecks of merchantable corn, 



at $1 per bushel, . . . ' $70 75 



By fodder, . . . . 10 00 



By pumpkins, . . . . 5 00 



By one-quarter manure back, . . 7 50 



93 25 



Net gain, . 



Sandwich, Nov. 15, 1852. 



$37 25 



