GRASS SEED. 193 



was cut about tlie 7tli of July, the remainder about the 1st of 

 August. I consider the hay, after threshing off the seed, worth 

 about half price. I recommend to all farmers to raise their 

 own grass seed. My yield was worth at the rate of twenty-four 

 dollars to the acre. 



Value of the crop : — 



Two bushels of seed, at $3, . . . . $6 00 

 Hay, 2 00 



$3 00 



Expenses : — 



Grass seed, .... $0 50 



Ploughing and harrowing, . . . . 76 



Interest on land, at $50, .... 75 



Cutting and threshing, 1 00 



3 00 



Net profit, $5 00 



Sunderland, October 16, 1854. 



FRANKLIN. 



Statement of O. $• F. H. Williams. 



The piece of ground on which we raised two bushels of 

 herds grass seed contains thirty-five rods. The piece had been 

 down to grass two years. Soil of a sandy loam, and not in a 

 high state of cultivation. At the rate which we have received 

 on thirty-five rods this year, one acre would produce nine bush- 

 els of seed. 



Expenses : — 



Ploughing, $0 50 



Sowing, 50 



Seed, 25 



Harvesting, 1 00 



$2 00 



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