I 30 



Or. 



34£ bushels of rye, at .73 $25 18 



5835 pounds of straw, at $18 00 a ton, 52 51 



-177 69 



Expenses per acre, 30 50 



Profits per acre, $47 19 



I hereby certify that I have measured one acre of ground 

 planted with rye and entered for premium by M. H. Connor, 

 West Newbury. 



Wm. Merrill. 



I hereby certify that I helped thresh and measure the rye 



grown on one acre by M. H. Connor, and the above figures 



are correct. 



John F. Cotjghlin. 



STATEMENT OF WM. LITTLE'S RYE CROP. 



To the Committee on Grain Crops of the Essex Agricul- 

 tural Society: 



The crop of winter rye that I entered for premium grew 

 on one acre and twenty-eight rods of land. Upon it is 

 standing fifty-nine apple trees set out in 1879, and for the 

 ground they occupy no deduction has been made. The 

 soil is a medium loam such as is usually found on dry 

 ledgy land. The crop raised upon it in 1888 was potatoes 

 manured with about six cords of barn-yard manure spread 

 on and ploughed into the acre. The crop of 1889 was also 

 potatoes manured in the same way. After digging the 

 potatoes the land was thoroughly stirred with a disc harrow 

 and five pecks of rye sown, about Sept. 20, to the acre, using 

 no fertilizer for the crop of 1890. 



The rye was cradled July 23 and stood in stooks about 

 two weeks when it wa3 put under cover. It was threshed 

 by hand on rainy days in September, and measured Oct. 

 4th, forty-one bushels and one peck of clean grain, which 



