SECRETxVRY'S REPORT. 



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K E M A It K S . 



Signed by 



Competitor. 



From personal observation, we hereby 

 certify tliat the above answers are true. 



From actual measurement, I hereby eertify 

 that the land which the above crop of 

 covered, contained rods, and no more. 



I hereby certify that the weight of the 

 above crop, as ascertained by me, on the 

 day of , was . pounds. 



Commiltee. 



In ascertaining the amount of a crop, an 

 average rod shall be selected, harvested and 

 weighed by" one or more members of a com- 

 mittee, and the whole estimated by multi- 

 plying it by the number of rods; or the 

 whole crop may be measured in any vessel 

 and the weight of its contents once, multi- 

 plied b}' the number of times it is filled, by 

 the crop; and the committee in their certifi- 

 cate, or their report, shall state which 

 method was employed. 



The certificate shall state the weight of 

 all crops only when in a merchantable state. 



RULES OF MEASURE, 



Practiced and adoj>ted by the State Board of 



Af/riculture. 

 Wheat, potatoes, su- 



This blank was adopted as one of tho requirements of the 

 Board on the part of the agricultural societies. 



At this meeting a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. 

 Loring, Stedman and Davis, was appointed to ascertain whether 

 any uniform plan of improvement can be adopted by the agri- 



