BARLEY. 



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to grow weeds. I am satisfied too, that rolling previous to 

 sowing, is of very great advantage. I think, to get the best 

 crop of grain, the land should be as fine as an onion bed, 

 because you can see to sow it much more even ; the seed gets 

 more evenly covered, and consequently comes up more nearly 

 at the same time. In conclusion, I would say that I entered 

 this crop for a premium, on the supposition that I had an acre, 

 but on surveying it, it fell short. I have made this statement, 

 and you can make any use of it you think proper. The certifi- 

 cates are all enclosed with this statement. 



EXPENSE OF CROP. 



Ploughing, sowing and covering, 



Seed, 



Harvesting, .... 

 Threshing, .... 

 3Ianure, .... 



Credit by 2 tons of straw, $Q per ton. 

 Grain, ...... 



Net, 



Newbury, November 15, 1860. 



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WORCESTER NORTH. 



Statement of Cyrus Kilburn. 



The field on* which my barley grew, contains two hundred 

 and thirty-nine rods ; it is a clayey loam ; was planted with 

 corn in 1858, with about twenty loads barnyard manure ; and 

 also with corn in 1859, with about twenty-five loads barnyard 

 manure ; was ploughed once five or six inches deep ; harrowed ; 

 sowed about the middle of April with a mixture of two and 

 six-rowed barley from St. Johns, C. E., at the rate of three 

 bushels per acre ; and was mowed about the last of July, raked, 



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