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state that they got more than a hundred and sixty-two 

 bushels to the acre, got it with less manure, and got it in less 

 than eighty days, then they will gain an advantage over that 

 corn. That is what I want to know ; that is what we all 

 want to know. I came here to learn, and, if there is any 

 thing better than that, I want to laiow it. I have made up 

 my mind that that is preferable to the Wauregan corn ; and, 

 if there are any other varieties here that are preferable to 

 that (and there ought to be, if they are entitled to that 

 I^remium), then let the parties interested state the facts here. 

 If they can show that any variety possesses advantages over 

 the variety I have mentioned, we all want that corn. The 

 doctor said that he had been trying to raise two hundred 

 bushels to the acre. We would all rather have seed that 

 will raise two hundred bushels than seed that will raise a 

 hundred and fifty bushels : so we want to hear the facts. I 

 asked a while ago if those gentlemen who have taken the 

 prizes would come forward and give us that information. I 

 understand that there are some of them here in the room. 

 I don't know that the gentleman who took the first premium 

 is in the room ; but if there is any gentleman here who took 

 a premium (I don't care whether it was the first, the second, 

 or the last), if he can tell us the facts in regard to the culti- 

 vation of his corn, we would like to hear them. I have 

 stated the facts in regard to this Milliken corn, because I 

 was able to get them here ; and, if there are any other 

 varieties about which I can get the same information, I want 

 to have it. 



Mr. Cheever. I would like to inquire of the members 

 of the Farmers' Club of Southborough, whether, in offering 

 these prizes, any conditions accompanied the offer. I would 

 like to ask whether persons who brought strings of corn 

 here for premiums were required to state that it was grown 

 on their own land, whether it was one particular variety of 

 corn, or whether they had the privilege of picking it up here 

 and there all over the Commonwealth, getting the largest 

 ears they could from various bins. It seems to me these 

 are important facts for us to know. If it is brought here as 

 a mere matter of fancy, that is one thing ; if brought for 

 study, that is another. If there have been mistakes made 

 this year, let us not make the same mistakes another year. 



