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hill, and two vines trained to each pole, the rest of the vines are kept 

 trimmed down. The ground should be well cultivated, the weeds kept 

 out, and the time of the last hoeing should be about the time the vines 

 are in blossom, the hops should be well liilled. Before frost comes they 

 should be picked, and afterwards they should be well kiln dried. 



" My ground is a sandy loam, low but not wet. The yield is about 

 five hundred pounds to the acre, first crop. The cost of cultivation is 

 about twice that of corn. J. F. Axtisdel." 



Best sample of timothy seed ; Alanson Pike, Jefferson. Transactions, 

 and $1. *• 



"This timothy seed Avas cut from last year's seeding, on what is called 

 low prairie. Five bushels of seed were raised from half an acre. It 

 was cradled and bleached in the dew for a time, then raked, bound and 

 drawn into the barn, where it was threshed and cleaned Avith a fanning 

 mill. Alaxson Pike." 



Second best sample of timothy seed ; Ira Blood, Vernon. $2. 



*' This timothy seed was raised on prairie soil, of dark loam mixed 

 with a large proportion of decomposed vegetable matter. The land had 

 been cultivated two years, no manure having been applied to it. The 

 timothy seed was sown in the spring of 1851, with oats. Cost of culti- 

 vation and harvesting per acre, was three dollars. The yield per acrq 

 Avas seven bushels. Ira Blood." ' 



Best sample of crops cultivatt-d and raised on any one farm ; Ira Blood, 

 Vernon. Bronze medal. 



Second best sample of crops cultivated and raised on any one farm ; 

 George 0. Tiffany, Milwaukee. American Farm Book. 



Best clover seed ; E. W. Edgerton, Summit. American Muck Book and $1. 



Letter from Mr. Edgerton. ' 



"Summit, December 30th, 1852. 



"Mr Dear Sir: — Yours of the 21st inst., containing many interroga- 

 tions, as to our experience and success with the cultivated grasses in this 

 State, was duly received, and I take great pleasure in responding to 

 your inquiries, hoping that our experience may do something towards 

 correcting the general though erroneous impression, that 'the cultivated 

 grasses do not succeed well in Wisconsin.' > 



