OATS. 191 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Albert Montague. 



The acre of land on which I raised my crop of oats is a 

 Bandy loam. I have planted it for two years previous — the 

 first year upon turf, manuring in the hill. Last year I ploughed 

 in twenty loads of green manure and put a little compost in 

 the hill. My land was not in condition to plough for spring- 

 grain as early by fifteen days as the average of seasons. The 

 crop was not as good as it would have been had the land been 

 in condition to sow as early as usual. I ploughed my land and 

 sowed my oats on the 10th of May. I sowed four bushels to 

 the acre. Unless sown very thick, my oats are apt to fall 

 down. I harrowed thoroughly, and then rolled them with a 

 heavy roller. I harvested the 29 th and 31st of July, and 

 threshed in September, and had sixty and one-half bushels. I 

 cut them when they were about one-half white. 



Yalue of the crop : — 



601 bushels of oats, .... 

 1]- tons of straw, ..... 



Expenses : — 



Ploughing and sowing, .... 



Seed, 



Harvesting and threshing, 



Interest on land, ..... 



Net profit, .... $26 25 



Sundeeland, November 1, 1854. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Daniel Alden. 



The land on which I raised the crop of oats entered by me 

 for a premium is a sandy loam ; in 1852 it was in grass ; in May, 

 1853, it was ploughed with the Michigan plough, nine to ten 



