SMALL GRAINS. Ill 



first of July, I think, reduced the amount of grain several bush- 

 els. It was mowed, bound and shocked from the 10th to 12th, 

 and threshed the 2,5th to 28th of July. Product : 1,825| pounds 

 of grain, or at the rate of 31^ 2 q bushels per acre ; and 4,270 

 pounds of straw, or at the rate of 4,128 pounds per acre. 



Expenses. 



Ploughing, harrowing, etc., $4 00 



Seed and sowing, 1 65 



Dressing, 25 00 



Harvesting and threshing, 12 50 



Interest on land, 4 50 



Total, $47 65 



Statement of James Howard of West Bridgewater. 



The land which grew my rye crop, containing one acre and 

 three rods, is a rolling gravelly loam, and from its location 

 and the texture of its soil, is very seriously affected by con- 

 tinued dry weather. I think the crop this year was several 

 bushels less than it would have been with an ordinary degree 

 of moisture. The field was in grass in 1874. Immediately 

 after being mowed, it was ploughed and sown to Hungarian 

 grass, with an application of one barrel each of Brighton and 

 Davis's phosphate. It was in potatoes in 1875, manured in 

 the hill, one-half with leached ashes and phosphate, and the 

 rest with phosphate and German potash, mixed. September 

 30, 1875, it was ploughed about six inches deep, and, Octo- 

 ber 2, was sown with five pecks of rye. The time of sowing 

 was later than I would recommend. In November, after the 

 grain was up, about five cords of manure from the barn cellar 

 were applied as a top-dressing. It was mowed and bound in 

 bundles, July 8. Product : 1,392 pounds, or at the rate of 

 24| bushels per acre, nearly ; and about 3,500 pounds of 



straw. 



Expenses. 



Ploughing, $3 50 



Manure, 25 00 



Seed and sowing, ' 4 00 



Harvesting and threshing, 10 00 



Total, $12 50 



