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CYRUS KILBURN'S STATEMENT. 



WINTER RYE. 



The crop of 1865 on this land was potatoes, and in 1866, corn. In 

 1865 ten cart loads of compost manure was used, and in 1866, twelve. 

 Soil, sandy loam. Plowed once, six or seven inches deep, in Sept. ; 

 no other preparation for the seed ; no dressing for the rye crop. Sowed 

 the last of September ; harvested about the 25th of July. 1 ton straw. 

 The land on which my winter rye grew measures 159 square rods. 



Cost of seed and planting, $5 00 



Plowing, &c., 6 00 



" Cultivating and harvesting, 10 00 



21 00 

 Weight of crop as certified by Thomas Billings, Nov. 5th, 1370 lbs. 

 to the acre. 



I had another acre in the same enclosure sowed to winter wheat and 

 treated in a similar way as to manuring and cropping, and the wheat 

 crop was much more valuable than the rye. 



CYRUS KILBURN'S STATEMENT. 



WHITE BEANS. 



On this land the crop in 1865 was grass ; no dressing was used- 

 In 1866 it was Horticultural beans ; used two cart loads of composted 

 manure. Soil, gravelly loam. Plowed once in May, six or seven 

 inches deep ; applied two loads compost manure and 40 lbs. Super 

 Phosphate of Lime. Planted, the first of June, in the drill, three qts. 

 of the early White Pea bean ; pulled and stacked the beans the first of 

 September. Raised four or five cwt. of Bean straw. The quantity of 

 land on which I raised my beans measures 20 square rods. 



Cost of seed and planting, $2 00 



Plowing, &c., 50 



Manure, 4 00 



Cultivating and harvesting, 5 00 



11 50 



Weight of crop as certified by Thomas Billings, Nov. 5th, 183| lbs. 



I find that White beans planted on a light sandy loam are less liable 

 to blast than those planted on black moist land. A blast on the pod 

 occasionally injures the crop. 



