158 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



H YE. 



HAMPDEN. 



Statement of S. D. Smith. 



This crop was grown on forty-six rods of ground. Previous 

 crop, tobacco. After the tobacco was taken ofF, I cultivated it 

 with a common cultivator, sowed the rye and harrowed it in 

 about the middle of August, 1859. The growth of tlie straw 

 was rank, some straws measuring eight feet. The yield of rye 

 was thirteen bushels, making forty-five bushels -per acre. The 

 soil of a clayey loam. 



13 bushels rye, $1 per bushel, 

 I ton straw, $1, 



Preparing ground and sowing. 

 Seed, l bushel, . . . 

 Harvesting and threshing, . 



Net profit, $13 50 



West Springfield, November 1, 1860. 



Statement of Joseph A. Smith. 



The crop of rye which 1 present for your consideration was 

 raised on one and one-third acres of land. The yield was — 



40 bushels, weighing CO pounds to the bushel, 

 2 tons of straw, at |8 per ton, . 



Ploughing and harrowing, . . " . 

 1}, Imshcls seeds, at '1t!l, 

 Harvesting and threshing, .... 

 Interest and taxes, 



Net profit, $30 00 



