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horned cattle in particular. We find the largest yield of 8-rowed 

 corn to be obtained from about 40 hills to the square rod ; of 12- 

 rowed corn, about 32 hills to the rod. Bird-lime, ashes, plaster 

 and refuse lime are used by those who get the best crops, all 

 other things being equal. 



The oat crop is good. The committee find that the best crops 

 are obtained by heavy seeding, from 3 to 4 bushels to the acre. 

 Twenty-seven pieces were examined. 



For the best acre of oats, to Jas. Kellogg, of Sheffield, - $5 

 2d do. to Joshua R. Lawton, of Gt. Barrington, 4 



3d do. to Elias Werden, of Richmond, - 3 



4th do. to Henry Colt, of Pittsfield, 2 



5th do. extra premium, to Wm. Bradley of Lanesboro', 2 



Of meslins, there were seven pieces examined, principally of 

 a mixture of wheat and oats. Justus Tower represents that 

 his crop of meslins, as well as an extra good crop of corn, was 

 raised upon land about as poor as can be found in this county ; 

 that it has been brought to its present state of high cultivation, 

 by the recent application of lime, ashes, and compost, which 

 reflects great credit on his untiring perseverance in the promo- 

 tion of agriculture. 



Twenty- two fields of barley were examined. This crop is 

 becoming more generally cultivated. It is considered a profita- 

 ble crop. It does not exhaust the land as much as oats, and is 

 a safe crop for land to be laid down to clover and other kinds of 

 grass. 



The potato crop is, in many places, nearly destroyed. The 

 committee are of opinion, that one quarter of the crop in the 

 county is already lost ; and that the disease has not yet ceased 

 its operation. Fifteen pieces were examined. 



For the best acre of potatoes, long red variety, estimated at 480 

 bushels, raised on swamp muck, lightly manured, to 



Thomas B. Strong, of Pittsfield, $6 



2d best, Mercer potatoes, 380 bushels, to 



Leonard Tuttle, of Sheffield, - 5 



3d best, June Pink-eye, 380 bushels, to 



Robert Campbell, of Pittsfield, ... 4 



