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el to the acre. I cut the most of it soon after it had turned brown; 

 this did better than that which stood longer; had 160 bushels. 



Four acres are in woodland; of which I allow no grown timber 

 to be cut down while there is dry on the ground. 



Seven acres in pasture; fed 4 horses, 3 cows, 36 sheep, the most 

 of the season. 



One acre in garden, not surpassed in the county, either in beauty 

 or variety, as to shrubs or plants. 



The other forty-four acres of my farm have been under nothing 

 more than common tillage, worked on shares. My buildings have 

 been arranged after the Buel plan: (See Buel's Cultivator.) 



One acre in potatoes — one acre on sod, and one on stubble; plant- 

 ed in hills ; seed cut ; three eyes in a hill; hills three feet each 

 way, and when up, covered over with long dressing. The sod was 

 much the best ; had in all 350 bushels. 



I use about two tons of plaster per year, and all the manure I can 

 conveniently obtain. My mode of applying dressing to the soil, is 

 to draw it on to the land after it is plowed, and harrow it level, 

 which covers the most of it up, and prepares it for present benefit. 

 It should always be applied to the soil in the spring. Of saving, I 

 am very particular, for there is nothing so poor as not to enrich the 

 soil some. 



The work of the fifty acres has been mostly done by myself and 

 son, about 14. J. W. Lyon. 



OTSEGO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following premiums, on Field Crops, were awarded and paid 

 by the Otsego County Agricultural Society, on the 22d December, 

 1842— viz: 



For the best acre of Wheat, to John W. TunniclifF, Richfield, be- 

 ing 22 bushels and 40 lbs. 



For the best acre of Barley, to Olcott C. Chamberlain, Richfield, 

 55 bushels and 35 pounds. Second best do. to George H. Derby- 

 shire, Hartwick, 45 bushels. Third best do. to Franklin G. Dun- 

 ham, Middlefield, 39 bushels. 



Best acre of Oats, to Eliphalet Stickney, Hartwick, 84 bushels 

 and 26 pounds. Second-best do. to Franklin G. Dunham, Middlefield, 

 68 bushels. 



Best acre of Indian Corn, to John H. Benedict, Otsego, 78 bush- 

 els and 21 lbs. Second best do. to George H. Derbyshire, Hart- 

 wick, 69 bushels. Third best do. to Eliphalet Stickney, Hartwick, 

 43 bushels and 24 lbs. 



Best acre of Potatoes, to Olcott C. Chamberlain, Richfield, 320 

 bushels. Second best do. to Russell Warren, Otsego, 289 bushels. 



