75 



STATEMENT OF G. L. FLOOK. 



The crop of 1875 and 1876 was grass ; the nature of the 

 soil was gravelly, low; broken up in the spring of 1877; 

 ploughed to the depth of eight inches ; spread on about ten 

 dollars' worth of- Stockbridge Manure and about ten dollars' 

 worth composted of hen manure and barnyard. Cost of plant- 

 ing, harrowing, and ploughing, seven dollars ; amount of 

 seed, one peck of eight rowed yellow corn, worth twenty-five 

 cents ; cultivated twice and hoed three times. Cost of culti- 

 vation, ten dollars ; cost of harvesting, eleven dollars and a 

 quarter. Amount of fodder I estimate worth twenty dollars. 

 Amount of crop, 104 bushels. 



STATEMENT OF J. J. H. GREGORY. 



Previous to 1875 the land was in grass, and had been for 

 many years. In 1875 it was broken up, being at the time 

 badly run out. The crop of that year was Drumhead Cab- 

 bages, the ground being well manured with ^glue waste and 

 leached ashes broadcast, with ground bone and hen manure in 

 the hills. The crop of 1876 was Potatoes, which received a 

 liberal manuring with fish waste, glue waste, potash, and su- 

 perphosphate, the two latter in the drills. It was ploughed 

 both last fall and spring, about seven inches deep. Previous 

 to the spring ploughing, eight cords, half of barn manure 

 and half a compost of waste fish and soil, at the rate of one 

 part of fish to three of soil, were spread broadcast. Four 

 hundred and fifty pounds of muriate of potash were harrowed 

 in, and seven hundred and fifty pounds of the pomace of the 

 castor oil bean were scattered in the drills. The drills were 

 made three and one-half feet apart, and the corn dropped a 

 foot between the kernels. The entire cost of ])reparing the 

 ground and planting was about $12.00. Cost of the manure : 

 barn manure, $32.00; fish waste, $15.00; muriate of potash, 

 $12.00; bean pomace, $7.00. The corn was planted Ma}^ 

 15th, but owing to devastation from the crows, a considerable 

 portion of it had to be replanted at various intervals up to 



