WHEAT. 149 



Credit by 88| bushels wheat, at $2 per bushel, 

 2|- tons straw, $8 per ton. 



Net, . . $54 25 



"West Newbury, September, 18 GO. 



Statement of Eben G. Berry. 



I present for premium a crop of wheat raised on one acre of 

 ground. The seed being a part of ten bushels grown from one 

 half bushel the previous year, near the same spot. The seed 

 was originally purchased in Boston. The amount sown this 

 present season in May was five pecks. Amount harvested in 

 August was twenty-six bushels, measured, weighing sixty-four 

 pounds to the bushel. 



The land the previous year was planted with corn, and was 

 in a fair state of cultivation. The dressing applied was com- 

 post, stable manure and soil thrown in the hills, twenty loads 

 to the acre. The soil is a clayey loam, free from rocks, and 

 was twice ploughed, eight inches deep, by one man and a pair 

 of horses, then, when sufficiently dry, was harrowed, sown and 

 bushed. The crop was harvested and threshed by hand. 



Danvers, September 25, 1860. ' 



Statement of David Pettingill. 

 I offer for premium my crop of wheat grown on one acre, 

 the product being thirty-one and a half bushels, weighing sixty- 

 four and a half pounds to the bushel. The kind sown was the 

 Bald-head wheat. The soil is a dark gravelly loam. The land 

 was broke up in the fall of 1857, and planted with corn in the 

 spring of 1858. The manure applied was five cords of stable 

 dressing per acre. It was planted with corn in the spring of 

 1859, with four cords of stable manure applied to the acre. I 

 used no manure the present season. The wheat was sown on 

 the 18th of April ; the quantity of wheat sown was five pecks. 

 I let my wheat stand till ready to thresh. I harvested August 

 21st. 



