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Benjamin Richardson grew a crop of beans, on a heavy loam^ 

 underlaid by clay subsoil. Plowed eight inches. A crop of 

 beans was taken from it tlic year before ; was manured with 

 one and a half cords of barn-yard manure. The seed (Mar- 

 rowfats) was planted in drills about two feet apart, June 5th, 

 and harvested October 1st. Quantity of land, one-fourth of 

 an acre. Produce, fourteen bushels. 



14 bushels, $1.90, . . . . . $26 60 



Cost of growing, as stated, . . . 13 88 



Profit, . . . , . $12 72 



Nathaniel Wood raised a crop of Indian wheat, on a sandy 

 loam, rather coarse, and underlaid by an open subsoil, free from 

 stone ; taken up from pasture, and was sown about the 20th of 

 June, broadcast, and harvested September 20th. Produce, 

 twenty-five bushels per acre, and one and one-half tons of straw. 

 Had four acres, which cost about thirty-two dollars to grow 

 and fit for market. 



100 bushels Indian wheat, 80 cts., . . . $80 00 



Cost of production, . . . . 32 00 



Profit, . . . . . $48 00 



Benjamin M. Brown obtained the first premium on potatoes. 

 They were grown on a clay loam. The potatoes were preceded 

 by a turnip crop. Manured with rock weed, at tlic rate of 

 thirty-two tons to the acre, and plowed eleven inches deep. 

 The variety grown was the Bearce. He also raised a crop of 

 turnips on the same kind of soil and like treatment, of the 

 Green Globe variety. They were weeded but once. No state- 

 ment regarding the amount of produce, quantity of land, or the 

 cost of cultivation. 



Bread. 

 Mrs. Susan P. Gary received the first premium on brown 

 bread, made of one quart rye meal and one quart of Indian 

 meal, two quarts milk and a half a cup of molasses, one tea- 

 spoonful of salt, and one tea-spoonful of soda. 



