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seventy, for "best crop of hops, not less than ten acres nor less than two 

 thousand five hundred pounds per acre;" and in support of said claim 

 presents the following statement and affidavit: 



First — For statement of the next previous crop, and how measured, 

 your Honorable Board is referred to my statement of eighteen hundred 

 and sixty-nine, on file in the office of your Secretary. 



Second — The soil upon which the field of hops was raised for which I 

 claim the premium as above, is a sandy loam, intermixed with a very 

 little clay, if any at all, and cultivated in the usual way of cultivation 

 for the production of hops, being plowed and harrowed so as not to 

 permit weeds to grow. 



Third — The expense of cultivating, picking, and curing has been about 

 seven and a half cents per pound, and the value of the crop is about 

 twelve and a half cents per pound. 



Fourth — I raised two thousand six hundred and fifty pounds per acre — 

 making the whole crop of ten acres twenty-six thousand five hundred 

 pounds. The profit of which, from the above statement of expense and 

 value, is about one thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. 



Fifth — The land upon which said crop was raised is in one contiguous 

 piece, measured by myself, and contains ten acres. 



E. J. MEEKLEY. 



State of California, 



County of Sacramento. 



E. J. Merkley, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he has raised 

 crop of hops the last past season, upon ten acres of land measured by 

 himself, and that the quantity of hops was two thousand six hundred 

 and fifty pounds per acre, and that the statement hereto annexed, sub- 

 scribed by this deponent, as to the manner of cultivation, expenses, etc., 

 is in all respects true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that 

 the sample of hops herewith presented is a fair sample of the whole 

 crop for which he claims a premium. 



E. J. MEEKLEY. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me, this twenty-sixth day of January, 

 A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-one. 



A. COMTE, Jr., 



Notary Public. 

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



[■ ss. 



WHEAT. 



Eobert Beck, Esq., Secretary California State Agricultural Society: 



I hereby make application for the premium of fifty dollars, given by 

 the above Society for " best crop of wheat, not less than fifty bushels 

 per acre," and append the following statement: 



First — The previous crop was not measured, and no special account 

 taken of it. 



