?46 TRANSACTIONS. 



WHEAT. 



William Bowman and Son^s Statement. 

 The land on which our wheat was raised, lies on the bank of the Connec- 

 ticut river, and measures 148 rods. The soil is a sandy loam. We mowed 

 a heavy crop of clover in June 1855, and the 5th of September, we 

 ploughed in the second crop, which was good. On the next day, we sowed 

 1-2 busliel of wheat, and harrowed till the land was mellow as an ash heap. 

 We sowed six bushels of plaster and ashes in the spring of '50, and, though 

 the growth of straw was not large, yet the heads were long and well filled 

 with a large and plump berry. 



Value of Crop. 

 28 1-2 bushels of wheat at $2,00, .... 

 Straw valued at ....... 



Expenses. 

 Ploughing, sowing and harrowing. 

 Seed $4, plaster, ashes and application $1,50, 

 Harvesting and threshing,. 

 Interest on land, 



$67 00 



$20 50 



Net profit, $43 50 



Sunderland, Nov. 15, 1856 



Theophilus P. Huntington's Statement. 

 The land, on which grew my crop of spring wheat, lies near the bank of 

 Connecticut river, in Hadley, and is more sandy, than our alluvial soils gen- 

 erally. In 1854, it was well manured and produced broom corn. In 1855, 

 no manure was used. About the middle of April, 1856, two bags of Guano 

 were sown, the principal part of it being ploughed under, and the remainder 

 harrowed in with the seed. I cleansed as much as possible one and a half 

 bushels of seed wheat, soaked it in strong lime, and afterwards by careful 

 picking over, freed it from foul seed. The ground was harrowed and rolled. 

 The crop was harvested about the last of July, and threshed with flails the 

 forepart of September. The Scotch fife was the variety sown, and the crop 

 will be kept till spring for seed. 



Value of Crop. 



24 bushels, 20 quarts $49 25 



3-4 ton of straw, $6,50 4 87 



Expenses. 

 Plowing and sowing, $2, seed $3,75, . 

 300 pounds of guano, at $3,05 per cwt., 

 Harvesting $2, threshing $4 50, 



Profit, . $32 72 



Hadley, Sept. 11th, 1856. 



