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Samuel Hawes' Statement. 



The acre upon which my barley was raised is a clay 

 loam. The crop in 1855 Avas potatoes and white beans, with 

 eight loads of barn manure, and guano and plaster. In 

 1856, the crop was corn, with fifteen loads of a compost of 

 meadow mud and loam, from under an old barn. In 1857, 1 

 applied five cords of manure broadcast, and plowed twice in 

 May, six inches deep, and afterward cultivated it. Sowed 

 May 26th. 



Cost of preparing the land, $5,00 



" seed and planting, 4,50 



" manure, 30,00 



" harvesting, 10,00 



Product, 40 bushels of barley. 

 " 1 ton of straw. 



Cyrus Thurston's Statement. 



The eighth of an acre upon which I raised my crop of 

 beans is a very light gravelly soil, which in consequence of 

 its sterile character, I have planted with white beans for five 

 successive years. No fertilizers have been used but guano, 

 except a light dressing of meadow muck and leached ashes 

 in 1852 and '53. Not more than twenty pounds of guano 

 have been used in any one year. My crop has gradually in- 

 creased from year to year, which leads me to believe that 

 my land has not been impoverished by this management. 

 This year it was plowed once, about six inches deep ; twenty 

 pounds of guano were applied broadcast. Planted about one 

 pint of pea beans, in hills three feet apart, on the 4th of June. 

 Cultivated once, one way. Yines were pulled and threshed 

 October 16th. 



Cost of preparing the land and planting, $0,83 

 " guano, ,76 



" cultivation and harvesting, 2,00 



Product, 193 3-4 lbs. of beans. 



