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Ansel Holway raised forty-two bushels of English oats on one acre 

 of land which was in grass last year. Plowed ten inches deep, and 

 used three and a half bushels of seed. 



H. Mclntire raised forty bushels of oats on one acre of yellow 

 loam ; plowed eight inches deep, and used six bushels of seed ; land 

 in potatoes last year. 



Allen Heald raised twenty-five bushels of blood beets on five 

 si|uare rods. Raised on one-fourth of an acre, one hundred bushels 

 of ruta bagas. Soil, a light sandy loam. 



Ansel Holway raised one hundred and eight bushels of turnips 

 on one-fourth of an a'cre of gravelly soil. 



Eastman Hawthorne raised twenty-nine bushels of two-rowed 

 barley on one acre of light yellow loam, two feet deep ; broken up 

 the previous year, and no manure applied; sowed two bushels of seed 

 per acre. 



Ansel Holway applied for premium on twenty-six and one-half 

 bushels of bald wheat, raised on one acre of yellow loam, which was 

 in corn last year. Sowed one and a half bushels of seed on the 2Tth 

 of May, and harvested on the 1st of September. 



Zenas F. Hawthorne raised seventeen and one-half bushels of 

 spring wheat on one acre of light yellow loam. The land was in 

 oats the last year. Applied eight cart-loads of manure before plow- 

 ing, and ten loads of compost manure was placed in the hill. Sowed 

 the 25th of May, and harvested on the 1st of September. 



H. Mclntire raised one hundred and seventy-five bushels of ears 

 of Indian corn on one acre of yellow loam, in grass the year before. 

 Plowed eight inches deep, and applied fifteen loads of barn-yard 

 manure, and also hog manure, in the hill. Cut up the stalks at the 

 roots. 



J. L. Mclntire applied for premium on the greatest variety of 

 crops raised on one-fourth of an acre. Raised twenty bushels of 

 carrots, nine bushels of beets, ten bushels of onions, seventy heads 

 of cabbages, twelve bushels of turnips, one bushel of top onion seed, 

 fourteen bushels of potatoes, thirty bushels of ears of corn, one pound 

 of carrot seed, one pound of beet seed, one bed of cucumbers, sage 

 bed and flower bed, and other fixings natural to a garden. 



