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[Senate 



FLAX. 



The committee on flax award the first premium of $5 to E. C. Bliss, 

 of Westfield, Chatauque county, for his crop of flax and seed, being 

 28 ,Vo bushels per acre, and 567 ^^^^ of dressed flax per acre. 



Also recommend that the society give a Volume of Transactions to 

 Rufus S. Ransom, of Fenner, Madison co., for his crop of flax-seed 

 — being 23 i- bushels of seed per acre, and 437^ pounds weight dressed 

 flax per acre. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



J. M. SHERWOOD, 

 Wm. J. CORNWELL, 

 Committee. 



E. C. BMSS.^ 



Cultivation and Expense^ 

 1845. 



April. To thirteen loads stable manure, with ni- 

 tre, 1^. per load, , 



To hauling and spreading manure, 



To plowing the ground twice and dragging twice, . 

 To six bushels of lime sowed and dragged in,. . . : 



To half bushel of salt, &c., 



To half bushel flax seed, to sow, 



" 14. To sowing flax seed and lime, &c., 



July. To pulling the flax, 3 days, 



To hauling to the barn and threshing off seed, 2>\ 



days,... 



To spreading \\ days, 



To cleaning up seed, \\ days, 



To dressing the flax, gave one-half, 



To interest on eighty-four rods land, at $40,. . . . 



63 

 63 

 50 

 75 

 25 

 50 

 25 

 50 



1 75 



75 



75 



10 43 



1 50 



Cr. 



By flax, 298 lbs. 7 cts. per lb., 



By 14f bushels seed, 



By manure left in the ground for next crop, , 



Total Prodtice, 



Total Expense, 



Profit, 



$14 05 



The above statements were kept on my memorandum book, and 

 they are correct and true 



