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the wheat and corn were raised. He also, after having care- 

 fully examined the whole cornfield of Mr. Allen, selected and 

 marked out one square rod, which was harvested and measured 

 in his presence. The rod selected, he thought a fair sample of 

 the whole field. This rod yielded more than one bushel of 

 ears ; at the rate of more than one hundred and sixty bushels 

 of ears, or of more than eighty bushels of shelled corn, to the 

 acre. 



Mr. Sewall's field consisted of ninety-three rods, and yielded 

 seventeen bushels two pecks ; at the rate of more than thirty 

 bushels to the acre. Mr. Mason's field consisted of one hun- 

 dred and forty-six rods, and yielded twenty-five bushels three 

 pecks ; at the rate of nearly twenty-eight bushels to the acre. 



It seems to your committee, that the yield of wheat and corn 

 above mentioned, is very creditable to Norfolk county. It 

 shows that there is land in our county, on which, by skilful 

 cultivation, these two staple articles of living may not only be 

 raised, but raised to such an amount that the production of them 

 may be profitable. It has been questioned in this vicinity, by 

 not a few, whether Indian corn can be made a profitable crop. 

 It has been much more questioned, whether wheat can here be 

 profitably cultivated. But the cases of Mr. Sewall and Mr. Ma- 

 son show, that they both can make the production of wheat 

 profitable. These gentlemen have made more than one experi- 

 ment in this way ; they have raised wheat for several success- 

 ive years. Their experience induces them to believe, that wheat, 

 on their farms, is both a safe and profitable crop. Some of the 

 neighbors of these gentlemen, as your committee are glad to 

 learn, have made similar experiments, with similar results; and 

 it is highly probable that, in other parts of the country, where 

 there is similar soil, results equally favorable would follow from 

 equally skilful management. 



Your committee recommend, that the premium of ten dollars 

 be awarded to C. C. Sewall, of Medfield ; that the premium of 

 six dollars be awarded to Jared Allen, of Dover ; and that a 

 gratuity of six dollars be made to Horatio Mason, of Medway. 



Your committee close their report, by respectfully suggesting 

 that the above named gentlemen be requested to add, to the 



