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GRAIN 



Product; 8 J lbs. per square rod, or 1360 lbs. the acre, 

 or 28 1-3 bushels of 48 lbs. Straw, 1700 lbs. 



I have the best success in raising barley when I sow 

 early, on moderately dry land. 



JOHN BROOKS, JE.'S STATEMENT. 



OATS. 



The acre on which my oats grew is a light soirwith 

 a clay subsoil. The crop of 1856 was corn, with fifteen 

 loads compost manure and 100 lbs. guano, that of 1857 

 potatoes, with fifteen loads cow manure. It was plowed 

 once May 10th, about eight inches deep, manured with 

 fifteen loads of horse manure, and 150 lbs. guano spread 

 and harrowed in; sowed broad cast, May 10th, with 

 three bushels Hungarian oats, and reaped Aug. 15th. 

 They lodged very much, and I was obliged to harvest 

 them before they were ripe. 



Cost of plowing and harrowing, • - - ^3 qq 



** manure and guano, - - - 19 50 



" seed and sowing, - . . I g2 



Total, exclusive of harvesting, - . ^24 12 



The thrashing cost every tenth bushel. 



Product, as ascertained by the Committee, November 

 1st, 10 lbs. 15 oz. per square rod, or 1750 lbs. the acre, 

 or 541J bushels of 32 lbs., but actually measuring 70 

 bushels the acre. 



