108 



Or. 



By ai 1-2 bushels Rye at 90 cents $28 35 



3,650 pounds straw (nt barn) at $15 00 27.37 



Total $55 72 



$25 50 



Net proceeds, or profit $30 22 



I have straw taken from the ground by the Committee, 



that measures 6 feet 8 inches Ions'. 



Samuel Dane. 



Hamilton, July, 1878. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN PEARL. 



Statement concerning a crop of corn raised by John Pearl, 

 in town of Boxford, year 1878. 



The land used for the crop, previous to 1877, had never 

 been in cultivation, but was a low piece of pasture land, 

 covered with wild grass and bushes. In the fall of 1877 

 it was ploughed eight inches deep. In the spring of 1878 har- 

 rowed with wheel harrow. Soil dark, with a clay bottom. 

 Planted June 11th, 3 feet 8 inches apart each way, with 5 

 quarts 8 rowed yellow corn. 



Cost of ploughing, harrowing and planting $11 70 



" " cultivating and hoeing once 3 00 



" " 3 cords stable manure in hill 24 00 



" " 5 quarts of corn for seed 20 



" " harvesting 10 00 



Amount of fodder estimated at 4 tons 24 00 



" " crop 87 1-7 bushels. 



John Pearl. 



statement of n, little, jr. 



The land has produced a crop of onions for two years pre- 

 vious, that is in 1876 and 1877, and received for dressing 



