SMALL GRAINS. 109 



SMALL GKAINS. 



DEERFIELD VALLEY. 



Statement of D. Canedy of Heath. 



Wheat. — The piece of land upon which the wheat was 

 sown contained one acre. The crop of 1874, grass, 1,000 

 pounds per acre. No manure was used that year. The crop 

 of 1875 was corn and potatoes, manured with twelve cords of 

 stable manure. The land was ploughed the foil previous, and 

 the manure spread on in the spring of 1875. The soil is a 

 gravelly clay loam ; the stone, mica slate. For the present 

 crop the land was ploughed once, six inches deep, and 

 harrowed once. Cost of ploughing and other preparations, 

 $3. No manure was used for the present crop. For seeding 

 I used two bushels of spring wheat. Cost of seed and sowing, 

 $5. Preparatory to sowing, I soaked my seed in strong brine 

 the last day of April, and, the land being wet, it was not 

 sown until May 16. I used the brine as a preventive against 

 smut, none of which appeared in the field. The crop grew 

 finely and promised a large yield, but the drought coming on 

 just as it was in the milk, the grain stopped filling, and con- 

 sequently, the berry was small. It was harvested August 15, 

 at a cost of $7, including storing and threshing. 



The product of wheat was 1,140 pounds, worth .... $38 00 

 Two tons of straw, at $10 per ton, 20 00 



Total value of crop, $58 00 



Cost of production, $15 00 



Interest on land, 3 00 



Total, $18 00 



Profit, $10 00 



