118 GRAIN CROPS. 



Valu<) of 229 1-2 bushels Rje, at $1,50 per bush.., $344,95 



Value of eleven tons straw, at $16 per ton, 176,00 



Value of crop, $520,25 



225,50 



Leaving a profit of $294,75 



We would state that a part of the committee visited and exam- 

 ined a field of winter wheat on the farm of that practical farmer 

 and lover of agriculture, Josiah Newhall, of Lynnfield. We found 

 that his experiment in the cultivation of that crop, was successful. 

 The field contained about one acre, and was, when viewed bj your 

 eommittee,just ready for the sickle ; we found the grain standing 

 even on the ground, the heads well filled, with no appearance of 

 blight or disease whatever. We estimated the field to yield thirty 

 bushels ; giving clear proof that the farmers of Essex can raise their 

 bread. The society are unfortunately deprived of a valuable state- 

 ment on the soil and culture of this crop, by the recent sickness of 

 Gen. Newhall, though we trust at some future day he will lay the 

 result of his experiment before the public. 



ADINO PAGE, Chairman. 



JAMES DAY'S STATEMENT. 



Having the past season raised an unusual fcrop of Indian corn, 

 considering the quality and previous condition of the land, I re- 

 spectfully submit the following statement in regard to it, for your 

 consideration : 



The piece contains 2 1-2 acres, of light sandy interval, on the 

 Merrimac river, and had been neglected until it produced only 

 about 9 or 10 bushels of winter rye per acre, once in two years ; in 

 the intermediate years running to golden rod, &c. 



In 1854 it was ploughed in the month of May, and again in 

 October. Last spring it was ploughed crossways with a Michigan 

 plough, deep into the subsoil, and 16 cords of compost manure were 

 spread upon one-half of the piece, made as follows, namely : — Three 



