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C. C. SEWALL'S STATEMENT. 



My crop of Spring wheat was raised on ground whicli had been 

 well manured, and planted with corn and potatoes last year. It con- 

 tains, as measured by John W. Adams, Esq., surveyor, 262 rods. 

 The soil is a gravelly loam. It was ploughed the last week in 

 April, having before been too wet. Three bushels Black Sea Avheat, 

 with sufficient grass seed, were sown April 29th. The seed had 

 been soaked in strong brine, and then rolled in air slacked lime. 

 Twelve bushels wood ashes were sown upon the ground May 15th. 

 The grain was harvested the first week in August. It had ripen- 

 ed unevenly, and part being cut too soon shrunk in drying ; while 

 another part, being over ripe, was scattered in gathering up the 

 crop. The straw was uncommonly bright and tender. The grain 

 was threshed the third week in October. Crop, twenty-three 

 bushels. 



Expenses of crop as nearly as can be estimated : — 



Ploughing, sowing, harrowing and rolling, . . . $6.50 



Seed, three bushels, ...... 6.00 



Ashes, and spreading same, ..... 2.50 



Harvesting and threshing, . . . . . 9,00 



Interest and taxes on land, . . . . . 10.00 



34.00 

 Value of crop : — 

 Twenty-three bushels wheat, ..... 46.00 

 Straw, 14.00 



60.00 

 Deduct expenses, 34.00 



Net profit, 26.00 



Or, per acre, .... - 16.75 



C. C. Sewall. 

 Medjield, November 11, 1857. 



HORATIO MASON'S STATEMENT. 



The land upon which this wheat was raised, and which has been 

 entered for premium, contains one acre. It is a stiif clay loam, 

 and in wet seasons, like this and the last, hard to cultivate. 

 Aside from this, part of it is covered with witch grass, which ac- 

 counts for the large expense for ploughing, cultivating, kc. 

 About the 1st of May I spread from the barn-cellar twenty 



