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amount that can be produced on a single acre, and we are con- 

 fident they will be as much astonished at the results, as they 

 have been at the quantities reported. 



The first premium on corn is awarded to Nathan Whitman, 

 of East Bridgewater, who raised, according to the measurement, 

 a fraction over 141 bushels on an acre, |8. 



The second, to George W. Wood, a fraction over 115 bush- 

 els, $6. 



A gratuity of $6 is recommended to be paid Orsamus Little- 

 john, who raised over 114 bushels on a comparatively poor 



soil. 



To Paul Hathaway, the premium for the best three acres of 

 corn, $15. 



This field was a swamp, on which corn would not prosper, 

 probably oftener than once in ten or fifteen years. The last 

 season happened to be peculiarly favorable, and Mr. Hathaway 

 obtained at the rate of 114 bushels to the acre; this result 

 entitles him to the premium ; but we feel bound to caution all 

 farmers against planting corn in swamps ; it is too hazardous an 

 experiment. 



To Leonard Hill, $10, for the best two acres of corn; he 

 had at the rate of 126 bushels to the acre. 



A gratuity of f 8 is recommended to be paid to Daniel Alden, 

 for a partial experiment to determine at what distances the hills 

 or drills of Indian corn should be placed to insure the greatest 

 crop. Mr. Alden made the experiment according to the direc- 

 tions given, on half an acre planted in hills, three feet apart 

 each way, and on half an acre, planted in drills, the rows three 

 feet apart, and the kernels nine inches apart, in the rows. One 

 other half acre in hills was planted correctly, but the half acre 

 with Avhich it should have been compared, was not. 



The half acre, planted in drills, gave eleven and a half bush- 

 els more corn than that planted in hills. Mr. Alden makes the 

 expense of cultivating the drills only seventy-four cents more 

 than the other. We should have expected a greater difference 

 in the expense of cultivation, but if it were quadrupled, there 

 would be a manifest advantage in planting in drills. We think 

 an experiment of this kind of sufficient importance to be carried 



