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No. IX. 

 By Albert Stratton, of North Leominster. Ploughed seven 

 inches deep, and sowed with oats and grass, May 18th. Ilar- 

 vested August 17th, and weighed one week later. 



No. X. 



By Justus Tower, of Lanesborough. Ploughed ten inches 

 deep. Sowed oats the first week in May. Harvested the first 

 week in August. Injured by the aphis. 



No. XI. 



By B. P. Ware, of Marblehead. Ploughed eight inches 

 deep. Sowed orange globe mangolds, June 1st. Hoed three 

 times and weeded twice. Harvested October 29th. 



PRODUCT 



No. 1, 



o 



3, 

 No. 6, 



3,170 lbs. 



3,160 



3,200 



2,810 



2,110 



4,500 ]^s. 



Lot No. 6, as marked in 1860, had four and one-half cord 

 feet of compost manure harrowed in. Treated otherwise like 

 the other lots. 



