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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



> Value of Produce for Four Years on ihe^ half-acre, Manure Ploughed in. 

 1858. 2,849 lbs. of sound corn, at 1 ct. per lb., . S28 49 



1859. 



18C0. 

 18G1. 



137 

 2,1G6 



173 

 1,500 



989 

 948 



soft corn, 

 stover, 



oats, . 

 straw, . 



hay, 

 hay. 



Total, 



50 cts. per cwt., 

 40 cts. per cwt., 



50 cts. per bush., 

 35 cts. per cwt., 



S18 per ton, . 

 $15 per ton, . 



68 

 66 



8 87 

 5 25 



S37 83 



14 12 

 8 90 

 7 11 



S67 96 



Value of Produce for Four Years on the half-acre, Manure Harrowed in. 



1858. 2,787 lbs. of sound corn, at 1 ct. per lb., 



S2 



1859. 



1860. 

 1861. 



Ill 

 2,210 



17 

 1,800 



1,059 

 775 



soft corn, 

 stover, 



oats, . 

 straw, . 



hay, . 

 hay, . 



50 cts. per cwt., 

 40 cts. per cwt, 



50 cts. per bush., 

 35 cts. per cwt., 



$18 per ton,. 

 $15 per ton. 



87 

 55 

 8 84 



8 50 

 6 30 



837 26 



14 80 

 9 53 

 5 81 



Total, 



Balance in favor of ploughing in manure, 



$67 40 



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Statement of Spencer Leonard, Jr. 



Ilaving entered as a competitor for the premium offered in 

 1860, payable in 1862, for an experiment in the application of 

 manures, I will give you an account of the grain crop of this 

 year. 



The crop was barley, and the ground was ploughed, April 

 29th, about seven inches deep, but owing to wet weather the 

 grain was not sowed until May 6th, applying two and one-half 

 bushels to the acre. The ground was then well harrowed, and 

 before rolling, grass seed, at the rate of ten pounds clover, eight 

 quarts herds, and six quarts blue grass seed, was sowed. The 

 barley came up well, but the continued wet and cold weather, 

 for some six weeks, gave it a sickly appearance, when the sud- 

 den turn of some weeks of dry weather injured it the other way, 

 and the result is a light crop. It was cut July 2-ith, and 

 threshed out by hand August 1st, and I obtained from 



