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STATEMENT OF BENJAMIN P. WARE. 



The land upon which was grown the crop of wheat that I 

 offer for premium, is a dark loam, nine inches deep, resting 

 upon a gravelly subsoil, is nearly level, not subject to suffer 

 by drought or excessive wet; and measures one acre. Last 

 year it was planted with corn, and manured with six and one- 

 half cords of good compost manure; and produced a good 

 crop of corn ; this year there was no manure of any kind used. 



April 27th I ploughed fine, eight inches deep ; then sowed 

 upon the furrow one and one-half bushels of spring wheat, 

 after soaking it two hours in strong brine, and harrowed it in ; 

 then dragged the ground smooth. 



August 12th cradled and stocked it up. September 3d it 

 being dry and in good order, I had the unthreshed grain 

 weighed and stored in the barn ; had it threshed immediately, 

 after the grain had lain in the chaff for ten days, I winnowed 

 and weighed the grain, which amounted to 1,504 pounds. 

 Allowing 60 pounds per bushel, it yielded 25 1-15 bushels of 

 plump, handsome wheat — a sample of which was shown at the 

 exhibition hall, September 29th. 1,504 pounds of grain de- 

 ducted from 3,405 pounds, the weight of unthreshed grain, 

 leaves 1,901 pounds of straw. As the grain was cradled very 

 high, I cut the stubble with a mowing machine, that it might 

 not interfere with mowing the grass the next year, which 

 yielded a large half ton of good straw for bedding ; and in 

 showing the products of the crop it should be added to the 

 threshed straw. The cost and value of the' crop I estimate as 

 oUows : — 



Dr. 



To interest on land, $12 00 



Ploughing " 2 00 " 



Harrowing and sowing, 1 50 



1 1-2 bushels of seed, 3 OO 



Cradling and binding, 2 50 



To threshing and winnowing, 4 oO 



$25 00 



