1840.] SENATE— No. 36, 27 



HARVARD.— Claimants, 31. Acres sown, 54. Product, 75]^ bs. 



Average, I. "3 J percent. 



Crops, 22^ ; two crops of 22 hs. ; one of 19 bs. 

 Remarks. Lands Jiiglily manured ; wheat followed corn or potatoes. 

 Crops suffered from drought. With 20 bushels ashes on a sandy loam crop 

 22 bushels On a gravelly loam with 17 bushels of ashes crop 12 5-G bush- 

 els per acre. Crops suffered from worms and drought. 



HOLDEN.— Claimants, 12. Acres sown, 21 J. Product, 28G\ bushels. 



Average, 17 bs. per acre. 



Crops, 2.5 bs. ; 24 bs. ; 21 bs. ; two of 20 bs. 

 Remarks. With 05 loads of manure, 19 bushels per acre^ 25 loads of 

 manure 18 bushels per acre. 



HUB13ARDSTON.— Claimants, G. Acres sown, 7^. Product, 1.30 bs. 



Average, 17^ bs. per acre. 



Crops, 20^ bs. ; two of 20 bs. ; two of 15 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Crop of 2.") j, and 20 bushels, each jeu loads of comj)osl ma- 

 nure. Crop of 20 bushels, no manure. 



LANCASTER.— Claimants, 24. Acres sown, 51^. Product, 640 bs. 



Average, 12^ bs. per acre. 



Crops, 23 bs. ; two, 20 bs. ; one, 19 bs. ; two, 18 bs. 

 Remarks. Largest crop on alluvial land without manure. With 20 loads 

 of manure on one acre of sandy loam ; crop, lOil bushels. Two crops 

 overrun with wormwood. JVlany suffered by drought. With 275 lbs. [blas- 

 ter applied, crop, 12 bushels, 



LEICESTER.— Claimants, 4. Acres sown, 4}. Product, G8h bushels. 

 Average, IG 1-7 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Largest crop, 17 bushels, manured with 15 loads compost. 



LEOMINSTER.— Claimants, 80. Acres sown, liS^. Product 2411 bs. 

 Average, 1G3 bs. per acre. 



Crops, 34^ l)^:. ; 28 bs. ; 2>> lis. ; two of 25 bs. ; one, 24.i bs ; 



three of 23 bs, ; seven of 22 bs. ; two of 21-3 bs. ; twelve 



of 20 bs. per acre. 



Remarks. The largest crop on a deep loam. Four cases of the application 



of horn shavings ; but how a[)plied or precisely what quantity not stated. 



On a deep loam, they yield 21^ bushels per acre. On a gravelly loam, 17 



bushels. Two ioads of horn shavings applied on a gravelly loam, the crop 



was IG lbs. per acre. These applied to the preceding crop. Seven cases of 



grain worm. 



