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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN. 



Statement of Moses Stebbins, of South Deerfield. 



The field of wlieat wliicli I offer for a premium, contains two 

 acres, forty-four rods of ground ; was in corn in 1859. With' 

 twenty loads of manure, one hundred and fifty pounds guano, 

 one hundred and fifty pounds plaster, spread broadcast and 

 ploughed in together, ten inches deep; product, by estimation, 

 eighty bushels corn per acre. 



In April, 1860, ploughed the same eight inches deep, and 

 sowed four bushels of wheat, of the China variety, without 

 any dressing, harrowed well four times, harvested the first week 

 in August. Product, eighty-six bushels, of sixty pounds to the 

 bushel, or thirty-eight bushels per acre. 



Statement of John A. Morton^ of Hadley. 

 My crop of wheat, which is entered for a premium, grew on 

 one acre and eighty rods of ground. In 1859 I put on twenty 

 loads of green manure, and ploughed in, to the acre. Put a part 

 of the land to tobacco and part to corn ; got a fair crop of each. 

 About the middle of April, 1860, I ploughed the land seven 

 inches deep, put on six loads of compost on the poorest part of 

 this lot, and run a harrow over it to level it before sowing ; put 

 four bushels wheat into strong brine made of salt, eight hours. 



