66 (UtAIN. 



maiader topped about September 8th to 10th. Cost of harvesting, 

 storing and husking, $9.00. 



Statement of Cyrus Kilhurn. 



WHEAT. 



The soil of the acre upon which my Wheat was raised, is a clayey 

 loam. The crop in 1809 was grass, to which no manure was applied, 

 la 1870, the crop was winter wheat, which had sixteen loads of barn 

 manure. It was plowed twice, six inches deep, and the seed was 

 washed and ashed before sowing. The cost of plowing and other prep- 

 aration was $6.00. For the crop of 1871, twenty loads, thirty bushels 

 each, compost munure, were spread and plowed in. The value of the 

 manure upon the ground was $25.00. The seed (Blue Stem Winter 

 AYheat) was sown the 20th of September. Cost of seed and sowing, 

 $7.00. The crop was cradled the middle of July. Cost of harvest- 

 ing and threshing, $10.00. The weight of straw was one ton, and of 

 grain, 1440 lbs. The sowing was delayed a full fortnight, on account 

 of extremely dry weather, which was very unfavorable for the crop. 



Statement of J. P. Putnam. 



RYE. 



The soil on which my rye grew, is a gravelly loam. The crop of 

 1869 was corn, which had seventeen loads, thirty bushels each, of good 

 manure, per acre. The crop of 1870 was oats, to which no manure 

 was applied. After harvesting the oats, the land was plowed, in Au- 

 gust, eight inches deep, and then harrowed, at a cost of $5 per acre. 

 One hundred and fifty bushels leached ashes were spread, at a cost of 

 $22.50 per acre. The seed was 1 1-2 bushels of White Winter Rye 

 per acre, which, including sowing, cost $2.87. The crop was mowed 

 and bound in July, at a cost, including threshing, of $12 per acre. 

 The weight of straw was 3320 lbs., and of grain, 1960 lbs. per acre. 



Statement of Luther Page. 



OATS. 



The soil on which my oats grew *s clayey. The crops of 1869 and 

 1870 were grass, with no manure. It was plowed six inches deep the 

 first week in May, 1871, and then thoroughly harrowed at a cost of 

 $7.50. Twenty loads of rich compost manure were spread broadcast, 

 worth upon the field, $40. It was sown on the 4th of May, with 2 J 

 bushels of Black New Brunswick Oats. The co.st of seed and sowing 

 was $4.50. The crop was mowed August 11th, a large part of them 

 being badly lodged a few days before cutting. Tlio cost of harvesting 

 and threshing was $12. The weight of straw was 4000 lbs., and of 

 grain, 2470 lbs. per acre. 



