47 



By 20 bushels of Avheat, . . $40.00 



1400 pounds of straw, . . 8.00 



Deduct cost, 



Profit, ...... 



N. B. No charge for unexhausted manure. 



— $48.00 

 9.12 



$o8.o8 

 W. T. G. Morton. 



Needham, Deo. 1, 1862. 



STATEMENT OF J. W. RICHARDSON & SON. 



The field of wheat which we enter for premium contains seventy- 

 one rods. Soil dry, gravelly loam. In April, 1861, it was 

 ploughed (having lain in grass for fifteen years without manure, 

 and being no longer worth mowing,) and planted with early po- 

 tatoes, beans, and sweet corn. Before planting, one barrel of 

 ground bone was spread and harrowed in, and super-phosphate 

 applied in the hill. The last week in August the crop was re- 

 moved, and the surface thoroughly worked with the cultivator 

 without disturbing the sod, and three pecks of white flint wheat, 

 (previously soaked for twelve hours in strong brine, and rolled in 

 lime,) sowed and got in as deep as possible, with cultivator and 

 harrow, and rolled smooth. Three hundred pounds of ground 

 bone was apphed at the time of sowing, and worked in with the 

 grain. No other dressing was applied, except three bushels of 

 unleached ashes, sowed in May on a part of the field where the 

 wheat looked least promising. The crop was harvested July 17th ; 

 threshed and winnowed Aug. 20th. Yield 11 bushes 1-2 peck 

 of clean grain, weighing 62 lbs. to the bushel. 



Expenses of the Crop. 



Cultivating before sowing, . 



Preparing seed, sowing, cultivating, harrow- 

 ing and rolling, .... 



Seed, 3 pecks, at $2.50 per bushel, 



300 lbs. ground bone, $3.75, spreading same 

 25 cts. 



3 bushels ashes, and spreading. 



Reaping and binding, 



Threshing and winnowing, . 



Interest on land and taxes, . 



.50 



.00 



..87 



4.00 



.62 



1.50 



2.00 



.75 



$12.24 



