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WiiEAT. Phillip Hubbard obtained first premium on twenty-two 

 and one-half bushels of Scotch Fife wheat, grown on an acre of slaty 

 loam ; previous condition good, having been in corn last year ; sowed 

 one and one-half bushels of seed, June 1st; plowed four days before 

 planting, then harrowed well. After sowing harrowed again and 

 rolled it thoroughly. 



William M. Palmer of Palmyra, obtained second premium oa 

 nineteen bushels, grown on land in corn last year, with four loads 

 of new manure applied last spring. 



Warren Fuller grew twelve and three-fourths bushels per acre on 

 slaty soil, in corn and potatoes last year. 



Barley. Phillip Hubbard grew twenty-seven and one-half 

 bushels barley on one acre of slaty soil, in fair' condition, having 

 been in potatoes the previous year, and in spring, befare sowing in 

 May, had twenty-one loads of manure plowed in. 



Beets. W. W. Watson grew forty bushels "sweet blood beets," 

 on one-sixteenth of an acre ; soil, slaty loam ; two loads of manure 

 applied. 



Carrots. William M. Palmer of Palmyra, obtained first pre- 

 mium on best crop, grown on one-sixteenth of an acre, viz. : ninety- 

 seven bushels ; soil, hard and stony ; borg carrots last year, also ; 

 the present year applied four loads old yard manure. 



J. P. Roberts, second premium on seventy bushels on one-six- 

 teenth of an acre; "ground prepared by spreading the manure and 

 plowing in. " Kind of soil and kind and amount of manure not 

 given, nor any other particulars, 



Ephraim Bachelder grew fifty-five bushels on one-sixteenth of aa 

 acre, on old garden soil. 



James Fuller of Ilartland, grew one hundred and thirteen bushela 

 on one-eighth of an acre, in corn last year ; eight loads manure 

 applied in May ; plowed eight inches deep ; sowed 20th May four 

 ounces of seed in drills, eighteen inches asunder; kept well cleaned 

 and dug November 3d. 



Estimated cost for labor, . . . . $6 50 



" " Manure, . . . . 6 00 



$12 50 

 Estimated value of 113 bushels, 2s. . .. $3T GI 



