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A. Stinclifield obtained fourth premium on same, grown at the rate 

 of five hundred bushels per acre ; character of soil and treatment not 

 given. 



Onions. F. R. Dinsmore obtained first premium on onions, 

 grown on a dark colored rocky soil which produced potatoes last 

 year ; sowed May 1st ; crop, seven bushels to the square i"od. 



J, P. Roberts, second premium on six bushels per square rod ; 

 says, "planted on the old piece ; spread the manure and watered 

 ■with a preparation of hen manure ;" amount of manure and mode of 

 preparation not stated. 



Ellis Fisk, third premium on three bushels per square rod. 



