120 



corn one year, and the next year I sowed it down to winter rye, 

 which crops, I think, did not suit the young trees ; consequently this 

 part of the orchard has not done so well as the other. 



Artemas Aldricii. 

 W}'entham. 



REPORT ON GRAIN CROPS. 



The subjoined papers are submitted with much satisfaction, afford- 

 ing, as they do, gratifying evidence not only of the increasing interest 

 and skill of the farmers of Norfolk County in the cultivation of grain, 

 but also of the feasibility of our soils for this purpose, and of the 

 large profits resulting from these experiments. 



The Committee make the following awards : — 

 On Indian Corn — The first premiutn of $8 to Luther Gilbert, of 

 Needham, for his crop of 129 lG-56' bushels to the acre, 

 and which, valued at 90 cents, produces a profit per acre 

 of $88.07. 

 Do. do. The second premium of $5 to Benj. N. Sawin, 



of Dover, for his crop of 94 5-7 bushels to the acre, and 

 which, valued at $1, produces a profit per acre of $7'2.81. 

 Do. do. The third premium of $3 to John R. Dow, of 



Milton, for his crop of 109 bushels to the acre, which, 

 valued at $1, produces a profit of $67.45. 

 A gratuity of $3 is recommended to I. Meserve, West Roxbury, 

 for his crop of 105 bushels to the acre, which, valued at $1, produces 

 a profit per acre of $65.25. 



A gratuity is also recommended to be given to Philemon Ruggles, 

 of jNIilton, for his crop of corn on 133 rods, being at the rate of 117 

 bushels to the acre, which, valued at $1, produces a profit per acre 

 of $68.33. 



Also a gratuity of $2 to Robert Mansfield, of Needham. 

 On Wheat — The first premium of $6 to Horatio Mason, of Medway. 

 On Rye — The first premium of $4 to Benjamin F. Dudley, Milton. 

 On White Beans — The first prerai\im of $6 to Benjamin N. Sawin, 



of Dover. 

 On Barley — The first premium of §4 to Horatio Mason, of Medway. 



J. P. JONES, Chairman. 



