62 GRAIN. 



CYRUS KILBURX'S STATEMENT. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



The crops of 1865 and 1866 on this piece of land were Iiay ; no 

 dressing. The soil is clayey loam. I plowed in August, 1866, only 

 once six or seven inches deep ; applied 16 loads of compost manure and 

 about 250 lbs. Super Phosphate of Lime ; manure and Super Phos- 

 phate spread and harrowed in with wheat. On the 27th of August I 

 sowed two bushels of Blue-Stem winter wheat. I mowed the lodged 

 part, cradled what I could and reaped the remainder. Raised two tom 

 of straw. The piece of land on which my 

 acre. 



Cost of seed and planting, 



'• Plowing, &c., 



" Manure, 



" Cultivating and harvesting, 



55 00 

 Weight of crop as certified by Thomas Billings, Nov. 5th, 2040 lbs. 



^ly wheat sells readily for seed, or flour, at $4 per bushel. I have 

 sowed the Blue-Stem wheat j'early, for twenty years and there is no 

 deterioration. I raised the same amount on the same acre soven years 

 ago. I find by experience, that the last week in August or first week 

 in September is the best time to sow. T mowed the above acre six 

 years, then plowed and sowed on the sod. I think this is the better 

 way to sow. If we wait for the corn to come off it makes it late for 

 wheat sowing. I sow my grass seed on the wheat land in the spring. 

 If it is sown with the wheat, it gets the start of the wheat in the spring 

 and chokes it. I wash and lime, or ash my seed wheat, thinking it 

 necessary to prevent any tendency to smut, whi^h tendency may possi- 

 bly be produced by using manure composed partly of chafF of smutty 

 grain. If we sow smut, we reap smut. 



S. R. DAMON'S STATEMENT. 



WHEAT. 



The crop on this land in 1865 was corn and potatoes; in 1866 it 

 was corn. The dressing used for botli these crops was stable manure, 

 twenty-five loads to the acre. Soil, yellow lo;im. I plowed once. May 3d, 

 seven inches deep ; cultivated and harrowed three times ; applied twen- 

 ty loads of manure spread broadcast after plowing. I sowed, May 9th, 

 two and one-half bushels. Cradled the last week in August ; stooked 

 in the field till dry. Straw, 34 cwt. The land on which my wheat 

 crew measures 1 acre, 5 rods, 40 feet. 



