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Cushman of Golden Ridge plantation, he having raised at the rate 

 1040 bushels to the acre, on one-eighth of an acre. 



Several applications have been made for premiums where the 

 parties have not conformed to the conditions required by the Society. 

 One man, John Davis of Township No. 3, sent in three applications, 

 one for premium on wheat, one for rye, and one for oats. He raised 

 wheat at the rate\»f 24 J bushels to the acre, on 146 square rods of 

 land; at the rate of 25 bushels of rye per acre, on 159 rods, and at the 

 rate of 62 bushels of oats to the acre, weighing 41^ pounds to the 

 bushel, on 139 rods. The Society's premium on wheat, rye and 

 oats, for the best crop of each, on not less than one acre, — Mr. Da- 

 vis not having an acre in either piece aforesaid, it was their unani- 

 mous opinion that there was no authority to award him anything. 

 Your committee regret exceedingly, that no more applications were 

 made for premiums on field crops. There are many parties within 

 our limits who have raised much larger crops. Some of them were 

 furnished with blanks, but their applications were not sent in. We 

 cannot but hope that in future, more interest may be felt, and more 

 competition be seen, among our best farmers, on the subject of field 

 crops, than has been manifested the present season." 



The following papers from active members of this Society have 

 been furnished, and I am happy to give them a place in this abstract, 

 conveying as they do valuable information regarding the capabilities 

 and resources of this young and interesting section of our State. 



James Brown, Esq , of Dayton plantation, Aroostook county, 

 writes as follows : 



" Our crops were unusually good. Every kind of a crop suc- 

 ceeded well. Grain weighs well; I weighed a bushel of the Siberian 

 spring wheat, to-day. of my own raising, which weighed sixty-four 

 pounds. This variety is but little known here. I commenced three 

 years since with a few kernels obtained from the Patent Office ; but 

 I must say it is while growing, and ripening, and after it is cleaned, 

 the handsomest thing I have seen called wheat. 



There was but little wheat sown near me last spring, but it was 

 almost universally of good quality and a satisfactory yield. 

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