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manure was covered about one iuch deep before dropping the corn ; 

 the corn was dropped on the muck before covering; the difference 

 between the two was not much in the growth of the corn ; if any, it 

 was in favor the muck." 



Winter Wheat. The first premium was awarded to Sidney 

 Howard, of Winslow. His statement is as follows : 



"My soil is a dark colored sandy loam: lies a little inclining to 

 the east, and does not need draining. It is fine, light and friable 

 when dried in the sun ; is twelve to fifteen inches deep. The sub- 

 soil is open and porous. I have raised seven crops of winter wheat, 

 and three crops of corn, in the last ten years, from the same acre of 

 land ; have manured the corn in the hill with common barn- yard 

 manure. The wheat on which I ask a premium was manured, two- 

 fifths acre with one hundred and fifty pounds of guano, and the 

 remainder with two cords of compost, made-^f muck and common 

 barn manure — all harrowed in with the sod in the furrows. The 

 first of the season, that manured with compost appeared the best, 

 but at harvest could perceive no difference. The variety is known 

 here as the Banner or Kloss Blue Stem. Sowed broadcast one and 

 a half bushels of seed the last days of August; had no after dressing 

 or previous preparation. Harvested in July immediately after the 

 kernel began to harden. The amount produced was twenty-four 

 bushels plump, handsome, clean wheat, weighing sixty-four pounds 

 per bushel ; amount of straw estimated at one ton ; whole expense, 

 charging half manure to this crop, was $21.75; the value of the 

 crop $05.00 — leaving the net profit $43.25, exclusive of interest 

 on land." 



Sidney Howard. 



Winslow, December, 1857. 



Clark Drummond of Winslow received second premium on twenty- 

 one and one-half bushels of Blue Stem winter wheat, grown on an 

 acre of sandy intervale ; planted to corn in 1855, which was manured 

 in the hill ; sowed to barley in 1856 ; stubble plowed in eight inches 

 in August ; and sowed one and one-half bushels, broadcast, Septem- 

 ber 1st, on the furrows, and cultivated it in. On half acre, put 

 one hundred and fifty-eight pounds of guano : on the other half, 



