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ON GRAIN CROPS. 



SKILL is required 111 cultivating wheat. Wliere general infuruia- 

 tion is had on the subject, we need not fear results. 



We may say, we are now in the green season of '-the blade," 

 (at length,) "then the ear," (finally,) "the full corn in the 

 ear" — such we trust, is our progressive state. 



Andover, Sept. 23d, 1S51. 



EPHRAlM BROWN'S STATEMENT. 

 1 herewith submit a statement of a crop of Rye. raised on 

 one acre of land, on my farm, on Marblehead Neck. The 

 land had been several years in grass, which became very much 

 rooted out by the twitch-grass, and in the spring of 1849, 1 

 broke it up, and manured it with a very liberal dressing of rot- 

 ten kelp, spread on the top of the fiu'rows and harrowed in, 

 then planted it with marrow squashes ; after gathering the 

 squashes in the fall, T cross ploughed it again, in order to ex- 

 pose the roots of the twitch-grass to the frost, which in a 

 great measure subdued it. In the spring of 1850, I ploughed 

 it once, harrowed it down, and spread on again a very liberal 

 dressing of rotten kelp, which I ploughed in, and then planted 

 it with potatoes, which I dug in September, and the last week 

 in that month I ploughed it and sowed it with one and a half 

 bushels of winter rye. Not thinking of entering this crop for 

 a premium, I was not particular to ascertain the exact quanti- 

 ty of manure used, but as I said above, I manured liberally, 

 probably six to eight loads to the acre. The rye I had reap- 

 ed the last week in July, and housed the first week in August, 

 and after it had been in the barn about a week, I had it 

 thrashed out, and Mr. John Hatch, who was foreman, at that 

 time, on my farm, cleaned it up, and measured it from the 

 mill, and it measured forty-eight bushels, and one peck, 

 Aveighing fifty-eight pounds to the bushels. The straw weigh- 

 ed 5295 lbs. which I sold as follows : The first load, 2200 lbs. 

 sold for $10 per ton, the second load, 3095 lbs. sold for $11 

 per ton, total $28 02. 



