WHEAT. 



147 



EXPENSE OP CROP. 



Ploughing and harrowing, 



Planting, 



Value of seed, 



Hoeing, 



Cutting and binding stalks. 



Harvesting, 



Interest on land, 



Fifty loads manure. 



Net gain, 



$49 00 



$76 50 



WHEAT. 



ESSEX. 



Statement of Joseph Neioell. 



I enter for premium a crop of wheat (spring) of the Bald 

 variety, which grew on one acre and forty-two rods of land, 

 and weighed 2,315 pounds, as per certificate enclosed with this 

 statement. 



The ground till last year had been mowed for a long time ; 

 last season it was planted with corn, and manured as follows: 

 I spread upon the sward twenty ox-cart loads of barn manure, 

 and ploughed in about eight inches deep ; I then spread upon 

 the furrow as many loads more of the same kind of manure, 

 and harrowed in well and planted ; after the corn came up, I 

 applied a handful of ground clam-shells to each hill. 



The present season, for my wheat crop I ploughed the lot tlie 

 10th day of April, and prepared as usual by harrowing well ; 

 on the 14th I sowed three bushels of grain prepared as 

 follows : I took a half hogshead and filled it two-thirds full of 

 water, then putting in the grain a little at a time, skimming all 

 that floated on the surface, and cleansing it thoroughly ; then 

 draining off the water, I added strong brine (beef brine) 

 enough to cover the grain, and let it remain say eighteen 



