85 



$33.40 

 Crop from one-half of land — 19,562 pounds cabbages; 

 the other crops a failure. 



EEPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX 

 GRAIN CROPS. 



But two entries have been made in this department. 

 Mr. J. J. H. Gregory of Marblehead made entry of a fine 

 piece of rye, and Mr. Oliver P. Killam of Boxford, of a 

 superior crop of corn. 



Mr. Gregory's rye crop, as per statement, shows con- 

 clusively that there is yet a profit in growing the grains 

 in New England. Here we see that with an outlay of 

 $48.25, which includes $10 for fertilizers, and also the cost 

 of getting the crop to market, he secures a crop of 57 1-2 

 bushels of rye, worth 75 cents per bushel; and 8,131 

 pounds of straw, worth $20 per ton ; or a total receipt of 

 $124.48, with a net profit of $76.23— which is only another 

 proof showing that good treatment is the one thing essen- 

 tial to the successful growing of all the grains in compet- 

 ing with the fertile prairies of the West. 



Your committee have for several years advocated the 

 growing of more grain in this State, and in my report 

 of one year ago I called attention to the fact that a gener- 

 ous treatment of our grain crops would so increase the 



