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The committee on field crops awarded as follows: 



To C. S. Button, for the best crop of corn, 2 acres 76 rods, at the 

 rate of 99 bushels 6 quarts per acre. 



The seed of this crop was the Button — the previous crop peas and 

 oats — the land was plowed twice in May, and manured with 12 loads 

 at each plowing — harrowed, and planted about the 12th of May in 

 hills 2 ft. by 2 ft. 8 inches — 12 to 16 seeds were placed in each hill, 

 and afterw-ards thinned to 3 or 4 — the after culture consisted in cut- 

 ting the weeds twice, with cultivator and hoe. 



To C. S. Button, for the best crop of wheat, 5 acres 11 rods, 1511 

 bushels, or about 30 bushels per acre. 



The variety was the White Flint — the previous crop was corn, 

 manured, 20 loads to the acre. The ground was prepared by split- 

 ting the hills, dragging down, and plowing once; 84 bushels of seed 

 were sow^ed the first week in October, and harrowed once each way. 



To Marvin Roundy, for the best crop of oats, 4| acres, 312 bush- 

 els, or 67 bushels per acre. The previous crop was corn, unmanur- 

 ed, and the amount of seed sown, 10 bushels. 



To D. & G. W. Kenyon, for the best crop of potatoes — 72 rods, 

 167^ bushels, or 376 bushels per acre. 



The seed was a mixtrue, mostly a red variety. Each potatoe was 

 cut in three pieces, planted in drills 3h ft. apart, one foot in the drill. 

 The preparation of the ground consisted in covering it with manure 

 and plowing it once. 



To Rocher and Miller, for the best crop of the Ruta Baga — half 

 an acre, 549 bushels, or 1,098 bushels per acre. The ground was a 

 clover-sod, mowed the previous year, plowed the first of May, and 

 well harrowed; sheep manure was applied at the rate of 24 loads to 

 the acre. The lanrl was plowed and dragged on the first of June, 

 and planted on the 8th, in drills, 20 inches apart; the plants thinned 

 to 8 to 16 inches in the drill. The crop w^as hoed twice and harvest- 

 ed the 5th of November. 



Wayne County Agricultural Society has as yet enlisted but a part 

 of the intelligent farmers, but its numbers and influence are yearly 

 increasing. A large portion of the county is comparatively a new 

 country, and it contains few w^ealthy landed proprietors, in compari- 

 son wnth many parts of Western New-York. It possesses, however, 

 eminent advantages in a soil mostly of great fertility, not so heavy as 

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 has scattered over its surface, numerous beds of peat, and vast quan- 

 tities of shell-marl, which are yet destined to furnish immense sup- 

 plies for manure. The softening influence of Lake Ontario, which 

 forms its northern boundary, also gives it eminent advantages for the 

 culture of the more tender fruits. Its resources, however, are but 

 very partially developed, and are scarcely comprehended by many of 

 the people. It is hoped the Agricultural Society will exert a highly 

 beneficial influence in this direction. 



J. J. Thomas, Cor. Secretary. 



