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face of it is absurd. In fact, he has since informed one of the 

 committee that his sons have worked considerable on the farm 

 during the last year. 



In making our awards, we have endeavored to keep in mind 

 the object of the society in offering the premiums on farms ; 

 one of which is an accurate, clear and full statement of the 

 receipts from the various crops and products of the farm, 

 separately, and also the entire expenditures of the production 

 of the same ; so that when printed in the society's Transactions, 

 they may be read with profit, and be instructive to the reader. 



While all the competitors have made improvements on their 

 farms creditable to themselves, the statements of two of them 

 are not full enough to warrant the committee in awarding to 

 them the society's premium. Mr. Wheeler says, in answer to 

 question No. 24, that he keeps a journal of his farm operations, 

 and not only keeps a debt and credit account with himself, but 

 also with all that he deals with. If this is so, he certainly had 

 no occasion to answer the next question in so vague and 

 unreliable a manner. 



John B. Moore, Chairman. 



[The following is the list of questions, mentioned in the preceding 

 report, required to be answered by competitors.] 



1. Of how many acres does your farm consist, and how long have you 

 owned the same ? 



2. What was the condition of the land and fences — was the former in 

 a good state of cultivation, or otherwise ? 



3. What was the proportion of tillage, pasture, meadow and wood ? 



4. What amount of hay and grain did you raise then, and what 

 amount now ? 



5. What varieties of grain do you raise ? 



6. What roots do you raise ? 



7. Do you feed them to stock or sell them ? 



8. At what time do you seed land to grass, and how much, and what 

 kind of seed do you use ? 



9. Do you apply top-dressing to grass land — if so, at what time ? 



10. How do you apply manure to tillage land — composted or not — 

 ploughed under (if so, how deep,) or on the surface — and what quantity 

 per acre, estimated by the cord ? 



11. Do you use any guano or special manures — if so, how applied, 

 and with what results ? 



