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LEVI STOCKBRIDGE'S STATEMENT. 



My experiment with wheat was tried on two acres and 

 ninety-three rods of land. The soil was a sandy loam. 

 It was in broom-corn in 1859, and part of it had been 

 planted to broom-corn more than forty successive years. 

 The land was plowed the 14th of April, and sown the 

 16th. Instead of using the harrow, the seed was put in 

 with a large cultivator. No manure was applied, and the 

 seed (two bushels and one-half to the acre) was sown with- 

 out any previous preparation. It was harvested the 7th 

 and 8th of August, and threshed the 28th and 29th, yield- 

 ing one hundred bushels of well-cleaned wheat, weighing 

 64 pounds to the bushel, and three and one-half tons of 

 straw. The expense of raising was as follows: 



Seed, - - - - $10 50 



Plowing and harrowing, - - - - 5 25 



Harvesting, - 6 00 



Threshing, - - - - 10 00 



Total, - $31 75 



I make no estimate of the value of the wheat and straw, 

 thinking it better for the Committee to make some stand- 

 ard value for all competitors. 



ENGLISH TURNIPS. 



LEVI STOCKBRIDGE'S STATEMENT. 



My experiment with English turnips was tried on one- 

 fourth of an acre of land ; the soil of a light sandy loam. 

 It was planted with broom-corn in 1859. In May it was 

 fitted for two crops, viz., broom-corn and turnips. After 

 plowing and harrowing, twenty loads of compost to the 

 acre were applied — ten loads in the hill for the broom- 

 corn, and ten loads spread broadcast on the land after the 

 broom-corn was planted, and left on the surface. The 

 16th of July the seed was sown broadcast among the corn 



