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acre. The wheat was of the white bald variety, and was sown on 

 the 2d of May last, on burnt land tlmt had " lain over." One and 

 one-fourth bushel of seed was sown per acre. 



Cost of Raising. 



Statemeyit of D. G. Palmer on Wheat. The crop of wheat 

 which I enter, was raised on one acre of ground ; it produced thirty 

 bushels and one peck ; the seed was of the white bald variety, and 

 five pecks were sown to the acre ; it was sown the 22d of May last 

 on land which had " lain over" and was burnt in the spring; the 

 land was not plowed. 



Cost of Raising. 



Statement of Hiram Stevens. Having entered for premium 

 one acre of wheat, one of oats and peas, and one of herds grass, I 

 herewith submit the following statement : 



My oats and peas were the third crop raised on the land since the 

 trees were cleared off, which were felled in the summer of 1854 They 



