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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The. Board of Agriculture met on the 9th, 10th, and 11th 

 days of December, to hear the reports of delegates appointed 

 to visit the exhibitions of the various agricultural societies. 

 These reports will be found on a subsequent page. 



The committee appointed at the meeting of February 26, 

 1862, to consider and report some plan of securing more 

 uniform returns from the agricultural societies, submitted the 

 following blank to be fnrnished by each society, to be filled up 

 by competitors for premiums on crops : — 



Statement concerning a crop of 

 the town of , 1863. 



Agricultural Society. 

 , raised hy Mr. , in 



What was the crop of 1861 ? 



What manure was used, and how much ? 



What was the crop of 18G2 ? 



What^panure was used, and how much? 



What is the nature of the soil ? 



When, and liow many times plouglicd, and 

 how deep ? 



What otlier preparation for the seed? 



Cost of ploughing and oilier jireparation? 



Amount of manure, in loads of tiiirty 

 bushels, and how applied ? 



Value of manure upon the ground? 



When and how planted, and the amount 

 and kind of seed? 



Cost of seed and planting ? 



How cultivated, and how many times? 



Cost of cultivation, including weeding and 

 thinning? 



Time and manner of harvesting? 



Cost of harvesting, including the storing 

 and husking or threshing? 



Amount of straw, stover, or other product? 



