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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



inches deep ; then I applied seventy-five loads of good compost 

 manure to the acre, and planted it to corn. In the fall of 

 1853 I cross-ploughed it. April, 1854, ploughed the ground; 

 then harrowed, and sowed three bushels of seed, which came 

 from the westerly part of New York some three years ago. 

 Sowed the oats the 20th of April; then harrowed and rolled 

 the ground ; I cut the oats the last of July, and in September 

 threshed and cleaned them with a machine. 



Income : — 



63i bushels of good clean oats, at 67 cents, 

 li tons of straw, at $8 per ton, . 



Expenses : — 



Ploughing, ....... 



Harrowing and rolling, .... 



Three bushels of oats, at 67 cents per bushel, 

 Cradling, ....... 



Raking, binding, and getting in oats, 

 Threshing and cleaning oats, 



$54 37 



G 00 



14 25 



Net profit, 



$40 12 



GRASS SEED. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Oliver Williams. 



I have raised, the past season, two bushels of herds grass 

 seed on thirty-five rods of ground. A sample of the seed I 

 had on exhibition at the late fair. The land on which the seed 

 grew was a light loam. This piece was selected from three 

 acres, which, in 1852, were sown with rye and oats, my usual 

 spring grain. The field — aside from these thirty-five rods — 



