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Turnips. First premium to H. Mclntyre, for 304 bushels on 

 one-fourth acre, clay loam, turnips last year, 8 loads green manure 

 in furrows, and top dressing of plaster and 6 bushels ashes — thinks 

 the ashes made half the crop. 



Second premium to Ansel Holway, 205 bushels rutabagas on one- 

 fourth acre ; sward land, gravelly soil, yielding one and a half tons 

 hay per acre, and horse manure applied, (quantity not stated.) 



Third premium to Willard Goodrich, for 180 bushels on one-fourth 

 acre ; dark loam ; sward ; 6 loads barn manure. 



Potatoes. First premium to J. S. Mclntyre, for 224 bushels 

 per acre ; light yellowish loam ; sward, broken up in fall previous ; 

 16 loads green manure ; two bushels each of plaster and ashes in 

 the hills ; seed, Jackson and other sorts. 



Second premium to Nicholas Smith, for 200 bushels per acre ; 

 sward; light loam; 12 loads green manure; seed, 8 bushels Cali- 

 fornias ; 5 bushels of peas also grown on same acre. 



Third premium to Ansel Holway, for 196 bushels per acre. 



