128 



Manure, 20 00 



Interest on land, (3 00 



Total, $47 50 



fVest Newbury, Nov. 6, 1861. 



STATEMENT OF FRANCIS LITTLE. 



The crop of Wheat which I enter for premium was grown 

 upon land that lies at the foot of the westerly slope of Merri- 

 mac ridge, so called, in Newbury, and contains one acre and 

 ten rods. The soil is a strong dark loam, resting upon a bed 

 of clay ; though over a large part of it, there is an intervening- 

 layer of yellow loam. It has been under ploughed cultivation 

 for the past twelve or fifteen years— ^for the major part of the 

 time with onions ; but owing to the failure of that crop for 

 three or four years previous to 1860, it has been occupied with 

 mixed crops of corn, potatoes, carrots, and some onions. 



In 1860 it was planted with Indian corn, and dressed with 

 about eight cords of common barn-yard manure applied broad- 

 cast to the acre. The crop might be considered good, although 

 it did not get thoroughly ripe. 



The present year, the ground was ploughed and harrowed 

 early in May, and upon the 4th of that month I sowed two 

 bushels of bald wheat. This was harrowed in. I then sowed 

 grass seed, and carefully rolled the whole with a common 

 wooden roller. No dressing was applied. 



The crop was cradled Aug. 9th and 10th, and was threshed 

 the first week in September. It laid in the chaff about a week, 

 and was then winnowed ; and after standing in flour barrels 

 for a week or ten days more, was measured. The whole pro- 

 duct was thirty-seven bushels and six quarts, weighing C5 lbs. 

 to the bushel. 



