No. 63. J 313 



By the terms of the constitution, the annual meeting for the fair 

 and cattle show, and for the election of officers, is to be held on the 

 " Wednesday next before the full moon in October, in each year." 

 By order of the Society, 



Fred. J. Betts, President. 

 JYewburgh, March 2, 1843. 



Premiums were awarded on the following crops: 



F. J. Betts, best acre of oats, 3 bushels sown, 77 bushels. 



J. I. Dolsen, next best acre of oats, 4 bushels sown, 75 bushels. 



F. J. Betts, best acre of yellow corn, 205 ^ bushels of ears. 



S. J. Wait, 2d best acre of yellow corn, 93 J bushels. 



J. I. Dolsen, best acre of Mercer potatoes, 260 bushels. 



1. B. Sands, 2d best acre of Mercer potatoes, 330 bushels. 



Mr. Betts' field of corn contained four and five-eighths of an acre, 

 and 205 h bushels of ears was the average per acre on the whole 

 piece. The corn was a cross of Button and the large Connecticut 

 yellow corn, obtained by planting the two in the same hills ; the 

 seed thus obtained, produces a very handsome ear, which is earlier 

 than the old fashioned corn, and yields well, as the product of my 

 field shows. The whole crop is very handsome, and scarce an ear 

 which is not fit for seed. 



The field upon which it grew, was a tough greensward, plowed 

 in the early part of February last, (when the ground w^as free from 

 frost ) and manured with fifteen wagon loads per acre, of a com- 

 post of muck and barnyard manure^m about equal parts; the muck 

 having been spread over the surface of the barnyard during the win- 

 ter. In planting, the corn was covered with half a shovel full of 

 the same compost, instead of earth., and two bushels of salt per acre 

 was spread broadcast over the field, immediately before planting ; 

 the field was then cross plowed, and the corn planted about 3 -J feet 

 apart ; it was twice plowed and hoed, and had the cultivator run 

 through it once ; it was very slightly hilled, and had about an ave- 

 rage of four stalks left in each hill. 



The oats were raised upon a field cultivated the year before in the 

 same way, except that about twelve loads of manure per acre were 

 used, instead o{ fifteen. The oats were sowed as early as the ground 

 could be got in order for them, at the rate of three bushels per acre. 



ORLEANS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following is an abstract of the proceedings of the Orleans 

 County Agricultural Society for the year 1842. 



The Society has one hundred and eighty members. The amount 

 of money contributed by them is $93.50; amount received from the 

 State, $75. 



The executive committee held their first meeting on the lOth of 



