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On Oats — First premium to Samuel Phelps, Ira, Cayuga county. 

 102 bushels per acre— $10. 



Second, to W/Ji. A. Russell, Salem, Washington county. 97 bush- 

 els per acre — $5. 



Diploma, to Israel F. Goodwin, Westmoreland. 81 bushels per 

 acre. 



The committee also recommend a special premium of $10, to Geo, 

 Sheffer of Wheatland, Monroe county, for his crop of oats of 871 1 

 bushels, from 9^ acres of land, beingan average of 91| bushels per acre. 



On Peas — First premium to George White, Rutland, Jefferson 

 county. 33| bushels per acre — $10. 



On Potatoes — First premium to George TFAiYe, Rutland, Jefferson 

 county. 1 acre, 1 8-10 rods — 421f bushels Pinkeyes — $10. 



Second, to George Sheffer, Wheatland. 400 bushels per acre — $5. 



RuTA Bagas — First premium to John McConnell, Canandaigua. 

 855i bushels per acre — $10. 



On Beets — The first premium for beets, to George iS/ie^er, Wheat- 

 land. 1 acre, 12 rods— 1026| bushels— $10. 



On Carrots — First premium to Wm. Risley, Fredonia, Chau- 

 tauque county. 985^ bushels per acre — $10. 



Annexed are the statements, in a somewhat condensed form, of the 

 several gentlemen to whom premiums were awarded on Field Crops: 



Indian Corn — Mr. Phelp's Statement. 



On the 23d of May, 1842, 1 plowed up one acre of green sward, 

 for the purpose of planting it with corn. After plowing it once, I 

 hai rowed it well, lengthwise of the furrows. I then marked out the 

 ground so that the rows and hills should stand precisely two feet 

 apart either way. On the 25th of the same month, I planted it, and 

 was careful to put precisely three kernels in each hill; when it was 

 large enough, I hoed it. and continued to hoe it three different times. 

 No other tool was used in the process of hoeing and cutting up the 

 weeds, but the hoe; being very careful to keep the weeds and grass 

 down as much as possible, and in hoeing, to leave the ground as near 

 level as possible each time. 



I permitted the corn to stand until it was fit for harvesting, with- 

 out cutting up or topping. 



Between the 10th and 15th November, I began to husk it, and al- 

 so to weigh the said corn. I found the aggregate weight from the 

 said acre, in the ear, 13,286 lbs., of a good quality. 



About the first day of Jan. 1843, I thrashed out all the sound corn 

 that grew on said acre, and measured it in a sealed half bushel, and 

 weighed it, and found that it fully held out 60 lbs. to the bushel, and 

 it produced me one hundred and twenty-two bushels of good mer- 

 chantable corn. My team and man were occupied one day in plow- 

 ing the said acre; half a day harrowing; two days labor plant- 

 ing; and six days labor, hoeing; and six days labor, harvesting, 

 threshing and weighing. Expense of cultivation, $14. — 122 bushels 

 corn at 37| cents, $45.75.— Profit, $31.75. 



