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bushels to one-half acre, aud if well threshed would have been 

 fiftccD, of fifty-eight pounds to bushel. 



Value thirteen bushels at $2, $26 00 

 Straw, . . . . 4 00 



$30 00 



Expense in all, . . . 7 88 



$22 12 



He also certifies to a crop of oats on similar soil and with 

 same previous treatment as above, except that it was planted 

 to potatoes instead of corn ; three bushels of seed to the acre 

 being sowed in May, and harvested (in August when full in 

 milk or a little turned) ninety bushels on two acres of thirty- 

 one pounds to bushel. 



vValue 90 bushels at 50 cts., $45 00 



Straw, . . . 20 00 



$65 00 



Expense; plowing $4; harrowing $4; sowing 

 75 cts. ; seed $3 ; mowing and raking $3 ; 

 threshing $6.60 ; carting $2 ; other expen- 

 ses $1.25; in all, , . . 24 60 



$40 40 



James Robinson of Durham, entered for premium on twenty 

 bushels of pea beans, grown on half an acre of clay loam, which 

 had been in grass eight years ; plowed last fall, ten inches deep, 

 a light coat of barn manure spread, and small shovelful in the 

 hill, (thinks green barn manure will prevent rust,) planted May 

 12th, hills two and a half feet, rows three feet apart; cultivated 

 and hoed twice; harvested 20th September; weight scvent}'- 

 eight pounds per bushel; value $2 per bushel. 



C. 0. Kilborn of Bridgton, entered for premium on twenty 

 and a half bushels barley, of fifty pounds to bushel, grown on 

 an acre of light yellow loam, on a hard gravelly subsoil, two 

 feet below; planted to corn the previous year, when six cords 

 of manure was applied; none this year; plowed eight inches 

 deep, planted 12th May, harvested when dead ripe, 15th August; 

 expense $3, for plowing and harrowing; $2 for harvesting. lie 



