92 TRAN8A0TIONS. 



Carting and spreading, 



Sowing with corn-planter, in drills, 



Half a pound ef seed, - - - 



Hoeing and thinning, - - - 



Plomng with light cast-steel plow weighing 25 lbs.. 



Harvesting, . - - _ 



Net profit, 

 Sunderland, Nov. 5, 1853. 



HERDSGRASS SEED. 



STATEMENT OF GEORGE DICKINSON. 



The land on which this seed grew, lies in Hadley. It is a stiff 

 clay loam, and measures two acres, sixty-nine rods. A crop of oata 

 was taken off, in 1852. In August, the land was plowed and sub- 

 soiled to the depth of twelve inches, and sown with two bushels of 

 seed, harrowed in. The grass was thin, the present season. A part 

 of it was mowed, the first week in August, and the remainder I cra- 

 dled and scraped, the second week. The yield of seed Avas three 

 bushels and thirty-one quarts. A sample of it was exhibited at the 

 Fair. 



TALUE OF CROP. 



3 bushels 31 quarts of seed, at $3.50 per bushel, - $13 89 

 1 1-2 tons of hay, at $8, 12 00 



-$25 89 



EXPENSES. 



Interest on land, at $40 per acre, - - - $6 00 



Labor, 9 00 



Team, _--_____ 5 25 



Bushel of grass seed, - - - - - - 350 



$23 75 



Net profit, $2 04 



George Dickinson. 

 Hadley, Nov. 24, 1853. 



