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Fourth premium to Z. Collins of Union, for 145 bushels of ears 

 on 150 square rods. Also on same piece 4 bushels of beans and a 

 load pumpkins. 



Wheat. Eben Cobb of Union, raised 22| bushels Java wheat 

 on one acre. 



R. F. Sweetland, 10 bushels bald wheat weighing 65 pounds per 

 bushel, on half an acre of light soil, in corn last year, and manured 

 then with compost of yard manure and rock weed. 



H. W. Partridge, 19| bushels Java wheat, of 66| pounds per 

 bushel, on 151 square rods. Other exhibitors state from 18 to 20 

 bushels per acre. 



Barley. C. R. Morton of Union, 30 bushels barley on half an 

 acre. 



Thomas J. Trask, 48 bushels two rowed barley on one acre and 

 three square rods. Other competitors state from 35 to 41 bushels 

 per acre. 



Rye. Roscoe McDowell, 28 bushels rye on an acre, burnt land, 

 weighed 64 pounds per bushel. 



Oats. Eben Cobb of Union, 51| bushels oats per acre. 



Potatoes. C. R. Morton, 246 bushels Snowball potatoes per 

 acre — 6 cords manure, land in potatoes last year. Strong mellow 

 soil. 



N. B. Bemis, 153 bushels Jackson and Snowball potatoes on one 

 acre old pasture land, no manure, except a bushel of plaster. 



Oren 0. Stewart showed samples of Davis' seedling, grown at 

 rate of 240 bushels per acre. 



Simon Litchfield, 140 bushels on 67 square rods. 



Carrots. H. W. Partridge of Jefferson, 109 bushels on one-six- 

 teenth of an acre. 



Beets. E. R. Kaler, sugar beets, three-sixteenths of an acre, at 

 rate of 700 bushels per acre. 



