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This certifies that I measured the land on which the 

 wheat grew, entered for a premium by Oscar Gowen, and 

 that it contained one acre and one rod. 



Wm. Merrill. 



STATEMENT CONCERNING A CROP OF RYE RAISED 



BY M. H. CONNOR IN THE TOWN OF 



WEST NEWBURY, 1890. 



The acre of rye which I enter for premium was grown on 

 land that has been a strawberry bed for the last two years. 

 The soil is a gravelly loam. The old vines were ploughed 

 under about six inches deep in Sept., 1889, and fifteen loads 

 of stable manure harrowed in with a wheel-harrow, then 

 sowed two bushels of rye and harrowed with smoothing 

 harrow. I do not charge anything for ploughing or har- 

 rowing as that would be necessary in seeding to grass which 

 was done at the same time. 



The rye came up a little too thick which made more 

 straw but not so much grain as there would have been had 

 it not been seeded so heavily. 



The crop was cut with a scythe July 20, bundled and 

 stooked and left about two weeks; it was then hauled to 

 the barn as fast as the men could thresh it. The straw and 

 grain was marketed immediately for lack of room and econ- 

 omy in handling. The entire crop was 1932 pounds of 

 rye and 5835 pounds of straw. 



Dr. 



Two bushels of rye, at .75 $ 1 50 



One-half of the manure, 7 1-2 loads, 



at 12.00 

 Cutting and binding, 

 Hauling and threshing, 

 Marketing straw, 



$30 50 



