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mittee, therefore, did not feel justified in recommending that 

 the society's premium be awarded to him. 



JAMES C. STARKWEATHER, Chairman. 



Horatio Leonard's Statement. 



The following is a statement of the yield of corn, and the 

 expenses of raising the same, on one acre of land, in the season 

 af 1848 :— 



Fifty-two bushels of corn, at seventy-five cents, . $39 00 



Profit, . . . . $14 75 



I consider that the top-stalks, and other corn fodder, amply 

 repaid all other expenses. The land on which the corn was 

 raised, was mowed the year previously, and one ton of hay was 

 cut from the same. 



Raynham. 



Simeon Greenes Statement. 



The land was green sward, and contained one-half an acre. 

 It was considered ordinary ; ploughed in November, 1847. On 

 the first day of June following, harrowed, and then furrowed 

 out, three feet by two feet. The beans were planted June 7th, 

 (a new bean with us, called N. H. Early Whites;) from five 



