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the Committee met to make awards. It appears that thej raised 

 eighty-seven bushels by measure or ninety by weight, of shelled 

 corn per acre, from a stiff loam, resting on an impervious subsoil, two 

 to two and one-half feet below the surface ; in 1855, corn was grown 

 upon it, in 1856 wheat without manuring. Plowed eight inches 

 and applied eight cords barn manure and two cords hog manure, the 

 whole worth $20; planted 23d and 25th May, King Philip or 

 Brown corn ; hills three feet, rows three and one-half feet apart ; 

 cultivated and hoed twice, and applied top dressing of lime and 

 ashes after first hoeins: ; top stalks cut 15th September. 



Return. 

 Value of corn, ^90 00 



Fodder, (?) 



Manure left in the soil, (?) 



'o ) 



Cost. 



Plowing $2, harrowing 1, $3 



Manure $20, carting it 6, 26 

 Furrowing .$1, hoeing 8, 9 

 Top dressing, 2 



Cutting stalks and har- 

 vesting, 12 00 



00 

 00 

 00 

 00 



$52 00 



Potatoes. T. J. Twycross obtained first premium on a crop of 

 potatoes grown on one acre of a light friable loam of a yellow color. 

 The subsoil is clay and is two feet below the surface of the soil. 

 The ground is free from stone, and produced grass, potatoes and 

 oats, the previous year. Plowed the present season about six inches 

 deep and applied four cords of old manure. The seed was Bearce, 

 seedlings and orange yellow. Each potato was cut into four pieces, 

 planted in hills, three feet between rows and two feet between hills. 

 Twelve bushels of seed were used and no subsequent cultivation 

 except plowed and hoed once. On the 15th of October dug one 

 hundred and fifty bushels, free from rot. 



Cost. 



Plowing, 



Planting, 



Manure, 



Hoeing, 



Harvesting, 



Seed, 



Return. 



150 bushels, 



112 50 



26 50 



Profit on one acre, $86 00 



