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Lake Ontario, and is of a quality that would be called a loam or clay. 

 The said land has been tilled for several years past. Three years ago 

 it was sown with barley after corn, then wheat after barley, and corn 

 after wheat; manured with 15 loads to the acre when planted with 

 corn and potatoes. This year plowed twice, and sowed with barley 

 after corn and potatoes. 



Robert H. Brown. 



Oat Crop of Rawson Harmon-, Jr. 



Description of the soil and culture of the crop of oats I offer for 

 premium, on 6 acres and 46 rods. The soil is part a gravelly loam, 

 and part a sandy loam. The stone used in building 40 rods of fence 

 were taken from the field in the spring of 1841. It was clover ley. 

 I spread on it thirty loads of long manure per acre, which was made 

 in the cattle and sheep yards during the previous winter. The land 

 was plowed once and harrowed once; one half of the piece was af- 

 ter corn, and the other half after potatoes. The corn and potatoes 

 were a fair crop. The land was plowed in the second and third 

 weeks of April, 1842. The seed sown was 2^ bushels to the acre of 

 the Scotch potatoe oats, and sown with Hatch's Grain Sower. It was 

 harrowed with a thirty toothed double harrow, once each way. The 

 first week in August the oats were ripe to cut. On the gravelly soil 

 they were cradled; on the other part reaped, on account of a storm 

 which blew them down, causing a great loss by their shelling out. 

 There were 32 double horse loads. The product was 487^ bushels, 

 being 77 bushels and 17 lbs. per acre. 

 Total expense of crop, $44.57. 



Rawson Harmon, Jr. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROOT CROPS. 



The Committee on Root Crops respectfully report as follows: — 



On Potatoes — 1st premium $5, to Geo. Sheffer of Wheatland, for 

 the best acre, 400 bushels and 10 lbs. 



2d premium $3, to Robert H. Brown of Greece, for the next best, 

 388 bushels and 60 lbs. 



Carrots — 1st premium $5, to Wm. Otis of Gates, for the best J 

 acre, product being 315 bushels. 



Mangel Wurzel — 1st premium $5, to George Sheffer of Wheatland, 

 produce being 1,220 bushels to an acre. 



Sugar Beet — 1st premium $5, to George Sheffer of Wheatland, 

 product being 955 bushels to an acre. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This Society held their second annual Fair in the village of Fon- 

 da, on the eleventh and twelfth days of October last. The numer- 



