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EDWARD SI\IITH'S STATEMENT. 



OATS. 



The acre on which my oats grew is a gravelly soil, 

 on a hard sub-soil. The crop of 1857 was potatoes, with 

 twelve loads compost; that of 1858, corn, with thirty 

 loads compost. It was plowed twice, six inches deep, 

 sowed with three bushels Australian oats, without 

 manure, and harvested, August 8. 



Cost of plowing, - - ■ - - - $4,00 



Seed and sowing, - - - - 3,75 



Harvesting, _ - . . . 10,00 



Total, - - - - $17,76 



Product, as estimated by the Committee, 11 lbs. 12 oz. 

 oats per rod. One and one-half tons straw, worth $12,00. 



ALBERT STRATTON'S STATEMENT. 



RYE. 



The acre on which my rye grew is a light loam, with 



a gravelly sub-soil. The crop of 1857 was grass, without 



manure; that of 1858, wheat, with six loads manure, 



100 lbs. guano, and six bushels ashes. It was plowed 



once, in August, six to seven inches deep ; manured with 



twelve loads spread, harrowed, sowed the second week 



in September with H bushels white rye, and harvested 



July 29, with a Manny reaper and a sickle. 



Cost of plowing, &c., . . - - $4,50 



Manure, ... - 20,00 



Seed and sowing, . . - - 1,75 



Harvesting, - - - . - 7,00 



Total, .... $.32,75 



Product, as estimated by the Committee, November 7, 

 was 16 lbs. per square rod of rye. Straw, two tons the 

 acre. 



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