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handful of plaster scattered upon each hill. The corn was 

 hoed but twice. 



Dover, Aug. 15, 1850. 



Seth Chenerifs Statement. 



I present this winter wheat for a premium. It was raised on 

 three-quarters of an acre and eleven rods of ground, and yield- 

 ed seventeen and one half bushels of grain. The ground was 

 broken up in 1848, and planted with corn and potatoes. I 

 used ten ox cart loads of manure, spreading the most of it, and 

 putting a little in the hills. In 1849, the ground was again 

 planted with corn and potatoes, and manured about as much as 

 before, and in the same way. About the middle of September, 

 the crop was taken off; the ground was again dressed with 

 manure, and ploughed, and the wheat sown. I thought the 

 ground was not suitable for a good crop, the soil being light and 

 thin, and the land frosty. 



In my opinion, winter wheat can be raised, in this section 

 of the country, better than spring wheat, or any other spring 

 grain. 



Medfield, Nov. 12, 1850. 



A gratuity of six dollars was awarded to Mr. Chenery, by a 

 vote of the trustees. 



Improving Meadow and Swamp Lands. 



The committee have been called upon to examine two pieces 

 of reclaimed swamp land, during the year ; the first, owned and 

 improved by Benjamin H. Tubbs, of West Dedham ; and the 

 last, by William Salisbury, of Bledfield. The premiums offer- 

 ed for such improvements are not to be awarded, according to 

 the rules of the society, before the success of the claimant has 

 been established, in some measure, by the culture and crops of 

 two successive years. We shall therefore present only a partial 

 report at this time. 



The different processes adopted by the claimants in reclaim- 

 ing their lands, are both, in the judgment of your committee, 

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