BERKSHIRE SOCIETY. 267 



CARROTS. 



Samuel Goodrich, Stockbridge, - - - $3 00 



John E. Todd, Pittsfield, - - - - 2 00 



GRAFTED APPLE ORCHARDS. 



Asahel Foot, Williamstown, - - - $12 00 



Edson Sexton, Stockbridge, - - - 10 00 



George S. Willis, Pittsfield, - - - 8 00 



Wra. G. Backus, " - - - - 6 00 



A. Nichols, Richmond, - - - - 4 00 



An extra premium to Enos Smith, Richmond, - 2 00 



" " " '' Norman Noble, of Pittsfield, - 2 00 



The committee would advert to a circumstance with which 

 they have been impressed by their examination of the corn 

 crop, hoping that it may induce their brother farmers to enter 

 upon a course of experiments, which they believe would be at- 

 tended with interesting results. It has been customary among 

 farmers to select their seed corn from stalks of considerable 

 height and magnitude, and as a consequence, varieties bearing 

 these characteristics have been produced, the natural result of 

 which is, an enormous drain upon the land, together with the 

 increased hazard of the crop being overtaken by the frost be- 

 fore arriving at maturity. The examination of the corn crop 

 has convinced the committee that a gigantic stalk is not a pre- 

 requisite for a large ear, but that on the contrary, a greater num- 

 ber of ears of a given size can be produced per acre, with equal, 

 if not greater facility, upon stalks of much less dimensions, 

 thereby materially diminishing the hazard of the crop, and the 

 exhaustion of the soil. 



ROBERT MELVILLE, Chairman. 



Agricultural Implements. 

 While the explorations of science and the experience of the 

 husbandman have contributed their share towards a more per- 



