BARLEY. 



REPORT OF THE STATE SOCIETY'S COMMITTEE. 



The committee to which was referred for examination the state- 

 ments of competitors for the premiums offered on Barley, report that 



Stephen B. Dudley^ of East Bloomfield, Ontario county, is found 

 to be entitled to the first premium of $10. 



William Wright^ of Vernon, Oneida county, is entitled to the sec- 

 ond premium of $5. 



JVathaniel S. Wright, of Vernon, Oneida county, is entitled to the 

 third premium of a volume of the Transactions of the Society. 



The statements and verifications of these competitors are in the re- 

 quired forms. 



Mr. Dudley's crop was grown upon two acres and one rod of land. 

 The soil, a sandy, gravelly loam, firmly covered with a thick growth 

 of white oak timber, had been under cultivation about forty years. 

 The field had been in meadow five or six years ; was manured in the 

 spring of 1843 with twenty-five loads of yard manure to the acre, and 

 planted to corn — the yield a good one, and the land in good condi- 

 tion. Ground plowed thoroughly, and sown with five bushels and 

 three pecks of six-rowed barley, the 6th day of April, the seed having 

 been soaked twelve hours in brine, and rolled in lime. Aggregate 

 yield, (by weight of 48 lbs. to the bushel,) 140 bushels 12 lbs., or 

 69 ,Yo bushels to the acre. Expense of cultivation, seed and har- 

 vesting, exclusive of interest on land, $22.88. 



Mr. William Wright's crop was from two acres of land — soil in 

 good condition — previous crop wheat and corn. The one acre which 

 had been in wheat, manured with ten loads of yard manure ; the other 

 not manured. Three bushels of two-rowed barley sowed to the acre, 

 about the last of April — product, 101 bushels 461 lbs., or 50 bush. 

 47 lbs. per acre. Expense of cultivation, &c., $16.15. 



Mr. Nathaniel Wright's crop was raised upon two acres of ground 

 — the soil in good condition at the commencement of cultivation for 

 the crop — previous crop corn — once plowing without manure, and 

 sowed with four bushels of two-rowed barley, about the middle of 

 April — harvested in July. Product 95 bushels and 3 lbs., or 47 

 bushels 25 i lbs. to the acre. Expenses of cultivation, $13.70. 



In addition to the foregoing there is a statement from Mr. Bani 



