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ments made for the fair of the Society. On 50 different articles, 92 

 cash premiums were offered, of $1 to $8 each, the total amount thus 

 oiiered being upwards of $300. 



The fair of the Society was held in the village of Salem, Oct. 11th, 

 and was honored by an attendance on the part of our citizens unex- 

 pectedly numerous. On no occasion smce the last capital punish- 

 ment was inflicted in this county, (A. D. 1808,) it is said by the older 

 inhabitants of the vicinity, has so large a concourse of people been 

 assembled in the village of Salem, and many have expressed their 

 surprise, that an association with so limited an amount of funds, 

 should be able to attract such a mass of our population as convened 

 upon that day, and have all so highly gratified with its exhibition 

 and proceedings. 



The viewing committees were convened and addressed upon the 

 duties which the society had assigned to them. Those parts of the 

 " Act for the encouragement of Agriculture," which prescribe the 

 principle on which premiums are to be awarded, to wit: that the 

 most economical or profitable article is the most meritorious^ was 

 particularly held up to their attention. The committee then pro- 

 ceeded to make their examinations and awardsj and their decisions 

 with scarcely an exception, were received with universal approba- 

 tion. Their reports, together with the certificates of the successful 

 applicants for premiums, have been already transmitted, and will be 

 found much more full and definite than those of last year. 

 — The committee on field crops, awarded premiums as follows: 



Martin Rogers^ Greenwich, for the best 'Winter Wheat, $6.00; 

 29 bushels, on newly cleared sandy loam, a hill side facing the 

 south and sheltered by woods on the north and west; bearded white 

 chaff of superior quality, all sold for $1.45 per bushel. Nett profit 

 of the acre (i. e. after deducting all the expenses of cultivation,) 

 $31.04. 



JVathan W. Wilson^ Salem, best Spring Wheat, 15.00; 22 

 bushels 28 quarts; on elevated moist loam, in good condition, shel- 

 tered on the north. In corn 2 years; sheep manure,|2 bushels plaster, 

 and 14 bushels ashes applied last year. Seed (tea wheat) soaked in' 

 brine and rolled in lime. Nett profit, (at 9s. per bushel,) $17.46. 

 Asa Fitch, Jr. Salem, 2d best Spring Wheat, $3.00; 25 bushels 

 7 quarts; on loamy gravel, an open plain. Pasture broke up and in 

 corn last year, no manure. Seed (bald red chaff,) washed in brine, 

 and for half the piece rolled in unleached ashes, but with no per- 

 ceptible benefit. Cradled Aug. 2d.; out in the disastrous rains till 

 the Ilth, its quantity and quality thereby much impaired. Nett 

 profit, (at 8s. 6d. per bushel,) $17.81. 



James Savage, Argyle, best corn, $6.00, 80 i bushels; on a levd 

 meadow of sandy loam, broke up in the fall, harrowed in the spring, 

 cross furrowed 3^- feet apart. Seed, (common 3 rowed yellow,) 

 planted dry, hoed twice. Total of labor 12 days. 



Henry Holmes, Greenwich, 2d best Corn, $4.00; &lh bushels. 

 On meadow land, broke up in the fall; harrowed in the spring; 

 planted May 10th; twice hoed; cut up Sept. 25; husked Oct. 7, 8. 

 No manure. Nett profit $30 . 00. 



