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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Statement of Josiah L. Bassett of Bridgewater. 



The acre of corn entered by me for premium is a sandy 

 loam, inclining to clay in some portions, and was in grass in 

 1874 and 1875, without dressing. Ploughed in the fall of 

 1875, about seven inches deep. Early last May, I applied 

 twenty-five loads of good stable mauure, one hundred and 

 fifty bushels of ashes, and one hundred pounds of bone, which 

 was well worked in with a harrow. May 12, furrowed three 

 and one-half feet apart each way and planted with the smutty 

 white corn. It was cultivated and hoed three times. Two 

 rods were harvested by the supervisor, October 11, which 

 weighed 81| pounds, or at the rate of 77^ bushels per acre. 

 There were, I think, about two and one-half tons of corn- 

 fodder, worth $12 per ton. 



Expenses. 



Ploughing, etc., 



Manure, . 



Seed and planting, . 



Cultivating and hoeing, 



Harvesting, 



Total, 



$5 00 



71 00 



3 00 



7 00 



11 00 



m oo 



I think about one-half the value of the manure still remains 

 in the ground. 



