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manure and labor is about $45 per acre, which gives a good 

 income for the land, besides leaving it in a much better con- 

 dition for future crops. 

 For the Committee, 



JOSEPH UPTON, Jr. Chairman. 



Joel Hayward's Statement, 

 Gentlemen, I offer for premium, one acre of Spring Wheat, 

 on which I raised 32 1-4 bushels. The land was a deep 

 loam, and was planted to corn last season, to which crop 

 was applied 33 loads of manure. Last spring, it was 

 ploughed twice, and sowed April 20th, with two bushels of 

 Italian spring wheat ; the last of May, we applied 200 lbs. 

 of plaster ; harvested the fifth and sixth days of August. 



Edward Smith's Statement. 

 The field on which my wheat grew, was planted with 

 corn last year, with about twenty-five cart loads of manure 

 to the acre. The expense of the present year's crop, is as 

 follows : 



Splitting the hills, myself and oxen, $1 00 



Ploughing one and a half day, 3 00 



Sowing and harrowing, 1 50 



Harvesting, 2 00 



Threshing and winnowing, 3 00 



Seed, 2 3-4 bushels. 2 18 



$12 68 



The above is the expense of 1 1-2 acres. 



The field was measured by Mr. Woodward. Mr. Whit- 

 ney measured the grain when it was threshed, and pro- 

 nounced it thirty-three bushels. Weight, 66 lbs. per bushel. 



George Kendall's Statement. 

 Cost of getting in and harvesting, &c. one acre of Winter 

 Rye, on burnt ground, yielding 31 bushels, 14 quarts and 

 11-2 pints. 



