38 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. [March, 



COUNTY OF ESSEX. 



BOXFORD.— Claimant, 1. Acres sown, 3^. Product, 44 bushels. 



Average per acre, 12 4-7 bs. 



Crop, 15 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Half the crop destroyed by the grain insect Seed, Black 

 Sea variety. Sowed April 15th. 



GEORGETOWN.— Claimants, 2. Acres sown, 2i. Prodijct, 33 bs. 



Average per acre, 13 1-5 bs. 

 Crops, 15 bs. ; 12 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. 1^ cask of lime applied to an acre on crop of 15 bushels. On 

 second crop, three cords barn manure. 



HAVERHILL.— Claimants, 14. Acres sown, 22 1-20. Product, 394 bs. 



Average per acre, 17^ bs. 



Crops, 24 bs, ; 21 bs.; 20 bs. two of 19 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Largest crop in clay and loam. 20 bushels lime and ashes 

 mixed, applied upon li acre. Seed, Black Sea variety. Crop of 21 bushels 

 without manure, dark yellow loam. Crop of 20 bushels, 5 cords of stable 

 dung, and 7^ bushels of ashes. With two exceptions, crops suffered from 

 drought and grain insect. 



METHUEN.— Claimants, 3. Acres sown, 3. Product, 48| bushels. 



Average per acre, IG bs. 



Crops, 20 bs. ; 164 bs. ; 12^ bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. Largest crop, without preparation of seed or land, on a loamy 

 soil. One case of grain insect. 



NEWBURY.— Claimants, 14. Acres sown, 35 7-24. Product, 390 bs. 



Average per acre, 10 0-7 bs. 



Crops, 15^ bs. ; two of 13 bs. ; three of 12 bs. ; one of 10| 

 bs. per acre. 

 Remarks. In largest crop, 16 bushels leached ashes applied. Three 

 loads of ashes and 9 casks of lime applied to a sandy soil of 4 acres. The 

 yield was 12^ bushels per acre. In one case, 5 loads of coal ashes, (by this 

 1 understand hard coal,) applied upon a dark loam, of 1| acres, yield 11^ 

 bushels. Only one crop escaped the grain insect and drought ; and " the 

 farmers are of opinion, that by these causes their crops were diminished 

 from one fourth to one half." 



ROWLEY.— Claimants, 3. Acres sown, Sj. Product, 5Ci bushels. 



Average per acre, 10 bs. 

 Crops, 11 bs, ; 10;^ bs. ; 8 2G-32 bs. per acre. 



