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mixture of Messenger, Morgan and French Canadian; cows, 

 Natives; sow, White Chester and Mackey; and the pigs half 

 Suffolk. All bi-ed by himself. The colt, a fast walker. The 

 cows, better for milk than for stock. In June and July, aver^ 

 •age fourteen quarts per day, each ; through the milk season, 

 twelve quarts. 



John E. Dow had on exhibition a Suffolk boar, for which he 

 received the first premium ; a sow, Newbury White, first pre- 

 mium ; and a litter of half Suffolk pigs, second premium. All 

 raised by himself. He feeds twice a day with warm feed, and 

 keeps them in a dry and warm place. 



Ceops. 

 D. Fulton obtained first premium on corn grown on a coarse, 

 sandy soil ; was in pasture the year previous ; plowed ten inches, 

 and applied to one and three-eighths acres fifty loads of manure ; 

 planted May 26th with " King Philip " seed in drills four feet 

 apart ; plants one foot apart ; stalks were cut after the corn 

 turned, and it was harvested 20th September. Produce, ninety 

 and three-fourths bushels of sixty pounds each. 



Expense ; plowing, |6 00 Return ; 90f bushels, $90 75 



Harrowing, 3 00 Deduct, 77 00 



Manure, 



Plantino- ^ qq Leaves present profit of $13 75 



jjQgjjjf^ 24 00 ^^ which add value of ma- 



nure left in soil ? 



Joseph Coombs received second premium on corn grown on 

 a sandy loam, of a dark color, underlaid by clay, and free from 

 stones; was in grass the year previous, and plowed about eight 

 inches deep. The seed was an eight rowed variety, planted in 

 hills about three and a half feet apart each way, 10th to 15th 

 of May. Hoed twice, cut the stalks, and harvested the last of 

 September. Produce, one hundred and ten bushels of ears. 

 Fifty-five bushels of corn at 90 cents, . . $49 50 



Cost of growing it, .... 23 00 



Net profit, , . . .. . $26 50 



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