92 



wliicli tliey sliclled was only an average, they wonkl have had 

 ninety-nine bushels, allowing 56 pounds to a bushel, which 

 must be called a good crop for one acre. 



The committee award the premium of diploma and $10 to 

 •J. C. and Romulus Jaques, of West Newbury, for their crop 

 of Corn. 



As was expected by the Committee, Mr. Noyes had a larger 

 yield of Rye than did the Messrs. Jaques. Mr. Noyes's state- 

 ment gives about 42 bushels, and the Messrs. Jaques's about 

 37 bushels per acre ; but it was the unanimous opinion of the 

 committee that the situation of ]\Ir. Xoyes's two fields of rye 

 lYcre such that he was not entitled to a premium. We award 

 the premium of $10 and diploma to J. C. and Romulus Jaques, 

 of West Newbury. 



The committee arc pleased to say that there ha\-e been more 

 entries of grain crops this year than for some past years. On 

 examining the Transactions of 1868 and 1<S69, we found no 

 j^port from the Committee on Grain Crops. In 1870, only 

 two entries were made. This year there are four, and we hope 

 they will continue to increase, and that the committee for 1872 

 will be called upon to visit more fields of grain than the pres- 

 <*nt committee have been. Seventy dollars arc offered for pre- 

 miums on grain crops ; we could award only $20. 



Who will make the entries in 1872? Is there no one Avho 

 lias 50 bushels of oats grown upon one acre of ground ? Where 

 :are the men who grew large crops of barley, wheat, etc. Is 

 there no " Poor " in Essex county ? The small crop of hay the 

 present year may account for no entries of that crop, and we 

 f lope the bean crop will not be entirely forgotten by the farmers 

 of Essex county in 1872. 



Committee — Abel Stickncy, J. P. Goodale, Charles Rog- 

 ers, T. B. Fall, E. K. Lee* 



STATEMENT OF J. C. AND R. JAQUES, WEST NEWBURY. 



The crop oP Indian Corn which wc have entered for premium 



