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true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that the sample of 

 ramie is a fair sample of the whole crop for which I claim premium. 



J. S. FINCH. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-fourth day of Decem- 

 ber, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy. 



JOSEPH GRAHAM, 



Justice of the Peace. 



Award. — The premium of twenty-five dollars was awarded to Mr. 

 Pinch. 



CORK 



Statement of crops grown by A. B. Gilbert, on the American River, 

 in Brighton Township. The quality of the soil is sandy loam. The 

 manner of cultivating for corn: first, plow about eight inches deep; 

 second, plant the corn in hills about three feet eight inches apart; third, 

 cultivate with cultivators and hoes, and suckered or thinned when two 

 thirds grown; fourth, cost of plowing and cultivating ten acres, two 

 hundred and ten dollars; fifth, value of crop raised on ten acres, four 

 hundred and thirty-six dollars and sixty cents; profit, two hundred and 

 twenty-six dollars and sixty cents. 



State op California, ) 



County of Sacramento, j 



I, A. B. Gilbert, being duly sworn, say upon my oath that the foregoing 

 is a correct statement of crop raised by me in said county. 



A. B. GILBERT. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me, January 27th, 1871. 



WILLIAM ELLIS, 



Justice of the Peace. 



Award. — The premium of thirty dollars w y as awarded Mr. Gilbert. 



HOPS. 



To the Honorable the Board of Directors of the California State Agricultural 



Society: 



The undersigned, R. J. Merkley, of Sacramento County, herein makes 

 application for and claims the premium of twenty-five dollars offered by 

 your society in the fifth department, class second, of the premium list of 

 the California State Agricultural Society for eighteen hundred and 



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