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Crops. 

 Indian Corn. First premium to Jonas Goding of Farmington, 



for K>b bushels on one acre, and 8 bushels of inferior quality. Land 

 in grass for 9 or 10 years past, yielding about half a ton per acre ; 

 eighteen loads manure spread on sward and plowed nine inches deep; 

 shovelful of compost to each hill. Premium on half acre to James 

 M. Mosher, for 80 bushels of ears. 



Potatoes. First premium to J. B. Morrison of Farmington, for 

 400 bushels on one acre — Lapland, Peach-blow and State of Maine, 

 on interval land, which had been mown for 25 years past. Four 

 cords strawey manure spread on the furrows. 



Premium on half acre, to David Miller of Wilton, for 153| bush- 

 els ; old bound out grass land ; two cords manure spread on furrows, 

 and four cords applied in the hills. 



R. S. Currier of Wilton, 126 bushels on half acre. 



Barley. Warren Bullen grew 54 1 bushels of two rowed barley. 

 Land in corn last year. 



Turnips. John W. Dyer of New Sharon, 154 bushels on one- 

 fourth of an acre ; old mowing land ; plowed in June ; one and a 

 half cords manure from the sheep fold — a little ashes and plaster 

 applied. 



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