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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



VALUE OF CROP. 



21 bushels of wheat, at §1.75 per bushel, 

 1,600 pounds straw, at 88 per ton. 



Net profit, 



75 

 6 40 



$25 65 



STOCK. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



From the Report of the Committee on Milch Cows. 



When we know of a desirable result being obtained in any 

 course of treatment, all desire to know hoiv it was done. The 

 public gain little benefit from any great individual success in 

 one branch of farming unless they can know the particulars of 

 the experiment. It is of little consequence to simply knoiv the 

 fact that a great crop has been raised upon a particular piece 

 of ground ; but when wo are told the kind of soil, the depth of 

 plougliing, kind of seed used, amount and kind of manure, 

 number of times hoed, &c., &c., then we may try to do as well. 



We find that cows by changing owners often improve their 

 product of milk and their condition, so that a very ordinary 

 animal becomes noted. If we can know what peculiar manage- 

 ment she received at the hands of the second owner, then we 

 may keep our ordinary cows, and, in the course of time, greatly 

 increase their value, and have the profit in our own pockets, 

 instead of turning it over to another. 



