110 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Charles M. Reed of West Bridgeivater. 



Rye. — The land on which the rye that I entered for pre- 

 mium grew is a clay loam, and measures one acre and ninety- 

 eight rods. It was in grass in 1874, cutting about one and 

 one-half tons per acre. In 1875, about one-half was planted 

 to potatoes, and the balance, after mowing, was ploughed 

 and sown to Hungarian grass, June 25. Three cords of 

 barn-yard compost were applied to the potatoes and four 

 cords to the part sown to the Hungarian grass. One hundred 

 and forty bushels of potatoes and two tons of Hungarian hay 

 were harvested that year. September 15, it was ploughed 

 seven inches deep, eight hundred pounds of Davis's super- 

 phosphate sown, and well harrowed. Four bushels of rye 

 were sown September 24, and harrowed in. The rye was 

 mown by hand, July 11, and yielded 51 \ bushels of grain, 

 or 31-j 8 ^ bushels to the acre ; and 3|- tons, or 4,341 pounds 



per acre of straw. 



Expenses. 



Ploughing, etc., $5 00 



Eight hundred pounds of phosphate, 18 00 



Seed and sowing, 10 00 



Harvesting and threshing, 17 65 



Total, $50 65 



The profit, per acre, as I figure it, is nearly $10 00 



Statement of Spencer Leonard of Bridgeivater. 



The land on which my rye grew contained 165^- rods, was 

 planted to Early Rose potatoes in April, 1875, was well 

 manured, and produced a good crop. It is a sandy loam, with 

 very few stones or rocks. About the first of September, it 

 was ploughed seven inches deep. Sixty bushels leached ashes 

 and three hundred pounds ground bone were spread broadcast, 

 and five pecks of rye sowed, and the ground harrowed and 

 rolled. The rye came up well and looked very vigorous until 

 winter. It took an early start in the spring, and grew very 

 rapidly. The dry, hot weather of the last half of June and 



