26 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. [March, 



DUDLEY— Claimants, 1. Acres sown, l.J. Product, 23i bushels. 



Average, 15| bs, per acre. 



F1TCHI3URG.— Claimants, 51. Acres sown, 84 5-6. Product, 1352 bs. 

 Average, 15^ bs. per acre. 



Crops, m bs. : 2G bs. ; '.» 1 bs. ; 23 bs. ; 22h bs. ; 22 bs. ; two 

 of 20 bs. 

 Remarks. Crop of ."iO bushels of the Black Sea raricty ; soil, deep loam ; 

 with six loads liarii manure. This was on land of Payson Williams, who 

 introduced the IJIack Sea wheat inti. the country, and received a premium 

 from iMassachnsetts Society fur a product of 55 bushels of this kind of wheat 

 per acre. In the applicalion of 6, 15, 8, and 20 bushels of ashes to the acre, 

 thecro|)s varied from 8 to 18 bushels jier acre, without observable relation to 

 amount of ashes ai)|)lied. With 30 bushels of lime and '<J5 loads of manure, 

 the yield IGA biisliel.<. In most cases, the land manured liberally the jire- 

 vious year. The Black Sea wheat gave, in general, the best crops; but it 

 was not invariably so ; in one it gave a crop of only 8 bushels, on a moist 

 Soil without manure. 



GARDNER. — Claimants, 11, Acres sown, 14. Product, 272| bushels. 

 Average, 19 3-7 bs. per acre. 



Crops, 28 bs. ; 26 bs. ; 25 bs. ; two, 22 bs.; one, 21 bs. 

 Remarks. Crop of "28 bushels, no manure this sea.son. Of 'iG bs., lOIoada 

 compost. Of 22 bushels, 3G loads of compost. 7 bushels lime and one of 

 plaster without manure, the product 18 3-5 bushels. Six crops suffered by 

 drought. 



GRAFTON.— Claimants, 12. Acres sown, 18^. Product, 246 bushels 



Average, 131 bs. per acre. 



Crops, 23^ bs. of 17^ bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Largest crop on hill land, without manure, one bushel of 

 slacked lime sowed upon it, when three inches high, in potatoes j)revious 

 year highly maniucd. With 15 loads of barn manure, yield 13 bushels. 

 One case of rust, and one of wheat insect. 



HARDWICK.— Claimants, 37. Acres sown, 45^. Product, 872 bs. 



Average, 18 7-9 bs. per acre. 



Crofis, 4 of 2G bs. ; two of 25 bs. ; two of 24 bs.; three of 

 22 bs. ; two of 21 bs. ; five of 20 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Largest crops had no manure ; but on one, one cask of lime 

 and five bu.<h«^ls of plaster applied. Large ])art of the cro|)s lodged. The 

 soil in Hardwick is deep, Inaniy, aiul productive, fidl of stones ; and no 

 where is there more agricultural zeal, nor more resolution and industry in 

 ovcrcotains the liatmal obstacles. 



