CHOPS. 47 



OATS. 



Albert Montague'' s Statement. 

 The land on which I raised my oats, is a sandy loam. It was in corn last 

 year, when I ploughed in 28 loads of manure. The piece contains 1 3-4 

 acres, and was ploughed the last of April seven or eight inches deep. I har- 

 rowed it well, and rolled it. I sowed seven bushels on the piece, cut the oats 

 the iirst day of August, and threshed in September and October. 



Value of Crop. 



136 bushels of oats at 50 cts. $68 00 



3 tons of straw at $8, 24 00 



$92 00 



Expenses. 



Seed, plowing, sowing, $8, harvesting, $11, . . $19 00 

 Interest on the land, 7 00 



$26 00 



Net profit, . 6G 00 



Sunderland, Nov. 15, 1856. 



POTATOES. 



George Dichinson' s Statement. 

 The ground, which I planted with Carter potatoes the past season, con- 

 tains 86 rows, and is valued on the assessors' books at $195 per acre, first 

 quality meadow land. It was stocked down with herdsgrass and clover in 

 1851, and mown four years, twice each season, without any manure. In the 

 first week of December, 1855, it was ploughed from eight to ten inches deep 

 the sod being flatly inverted. During the last of April, 1856, six loads of 

 manure, from thehog yard, were spread on, and cultivated in. The ground 

 was then thoroughly harrowed, and the holes dug, 2 by 2 1-2 to 3 feet apart. 

 A mixture of hen manure and plaster was then applied, at the rate of a small 

 handful in each hill. I used 3 1-2 pounds of seed ; cut the largest pota- 

 toes twice, and the smaller ones once and one piece I dropped in each hill. 

 The potatoes were hoed early in April, soon after they were fairly up, and 

 three times afterwards, the cultivator being used each time, and moderate 

 hills being made. The crop was dug about the middle of October. 



Value of Crop. 

 95 1-2 bushels table potatoes, at 87 1-2 cents, . . $83 56 

 13 1-4 do small do at 25 cents, . . 3 31 



Expenses. 

 Ploughing $1,25, manure $11,25, cultivating $1, harrow- 



'ing 50 cents, seed $2,25, .... $16 25 



Planting $1,25, hoeing $3,50, digging $6,25, interest $6, 



Taxes $1, 18 00 



$86 87 



$34 25 



Net profit, $52 62 



Hadley, Nov. 15, 1856. 



