150 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



EXPENSE OF CROP. 



Interest on land, 



Ploughing, 



Sowing and harrowing. 



Five pecks of seed, . 



Reaping and binding, 



Carting, . 



Threshing, 



Winnowincr and use of machine. 



Credit by 31| bushels and two quarts, at -$2 



per bushel, .... $'63 12 

 Straw, 12 00 



Net, . . . . 



ToPSFiELD, November 8, 18G0. 



i21 00 



$15 12 

 i54 12 



Statement of Daniel G. Todd. 



I present for your consideration, a crop of wheat raised on 

 one acre of land, which was surveyed by Edward Smith of 

 Rowley. It was sowed upon the 31st of March last. The 

 land was ploughed and sowed in less than one day. The 

 ground was harrowed before sowing, all at a cost of two 

 dollars. The ground, two years ago, was worn out field-land ; 

 formerly it was bushy pasture land, not worth its taxes, being 

 a light sandy loam. It was top-dressed with four cords of com- 

 post manure, w^orth eight dollars. The ground was broke up 

 last year, and planted with potatoes, and manured with salt hay 

 in the hill. I had a good crop. The wheat raised was the 

 China-tea wheat. On this acre there were 1,445 lbs., making 

 twenty-four bushels and five pounds. I sowed two bushels on 

 this acre. The expense of harvesting, threshing and cleaning, 

 was $6.25. This M'hcat was weighed in the presence of three 

 disinterested persons. It was thought by those who cut and 

 bound, that we lost from one-fifth to one-fourth by shelling out. 



Rowley, September 25, 18G0. 



