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tober, 1857, — I gathered one half-peck of large, ripe cranberries. 

 In the Spring of 1858, I sowed one peck of salt on the piece. 

 And, this season, I picked one-half bushel of fine large berries, 

 some of which were exhibited at the late Cattle Show.* 



The piece of land measures four rods in length and two rods in 

 ■width. It has been kept free from weeds and grasses, and the 

 runners have now nearly covered it. 



Yours respectfully, Edmund Tucker. 



ACCOUNT OP A REMARKABLE CROP OP RYE RAISED ON THE PARM 

 OF A. D. WELD, ESQ., OP WEST ROXBURY. 



At the request of the Supervisory Committee, Mr. Weld has 

 politely furnished the following statement of this crop, as it was 

 seen by them. 



" There were four acres under cultivation, two of which had 

 been manured with a compost of hog-sty manure and peat mud, 

 at the rate of ten cords per acre. This was spread broadcast on 

 the sod, in the Spring, and ploughed under eight inches deep. 

 The first crop grown upon these acres was corn. The following 

 year, they were planted with potatoes, with five cords of similar 

 manure applied in the hill. 



The remaining two acres were ploughed in the Fall, — turning 

 the sod four inches, — and cross ploughed the same season, in No- 

 vember, six inches deep. In the following Spring they were 

 again ploughed, from eight to ten inches deep, and planted with 

 potatoes, — manuring with similar com])Ost, at the rate of five cords 

 per acre, applied in the hill. When seeded down to grass, these 

 acres received, also, a top dressing of similar manure, at the rate 

 of five cords per acre which was ploughed in, in September. 



Sept. 7th, the four acres were sown with one bushel of rye and 

 one bushel of herdsgrass, per acre, and the yield of the whole Ayas 

 two hundred and twenty-seven bushels. The grain and straw to- 

 gether, weighed five tons per acre. The straw averaged six feet 

 in height and commands as high a price in the market as the best 

 English hay, on account of its superior quality. 



Judging by our own experience, we prefer the cultivation of 

 these last two acres ; and think it was an error to })lough in the 

 manure upon the sod. We harvested a better crop of potatoes, 

 and a better crop of rye from these, than from the others, and 

 think the laud is left in better heart for grass. The (juality of rye 

 itself v/as equal to any in the market." 



* Those cranl)crrics were C(|nal to any we have ever seen ; and from the appear- 

 ance of the plot, on which they {X'ew, wc anticijjate a siiecessiqn of fine crqps to 

 reward the phmter's care and skill. 



