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The Committee would recommend that a gratuity of six dollars ' 

 "be awarded to Mr. Poor for his half acre of White Flint Winter' j 

 Wheat, and that his communication be published. I 



Mr. Poor also raised on 133 rods of ground fortj bushels of Bar- ! 

 ley, but not coming within the rules of the Society, (one acre) the- j 

 Committee do not feel authorized to award any premium.* | 



Mr. John Noyes, of Newbury, raised on one acre and two-thirds | 

 of a rod of land, thirty-five bushels and twenty-eight quarts of | 

 Summer Rye. 



Mr. Daniel Osborn, of Danvers, raised on one half aore of land ' 



nineteen bushels of Winter Rye, but not coming within the rules of 



the Society, (one acre,) the Committee do not feel authorized to ; 



award any premium, but recommend that the communication of Mr. ; 



Osborn be published. 



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There were four claims for the premium on raising Indian Com,, j 



by the following persons, viz: — Joshua Foss, of Byfield, Henry' 



Poor, of Andover, Daniel Putnam, of Danvers, and Moses Pettin- ' 



gill, of Topsfield. The statement of Mr. Pettingill has not been { 



received. ! 



Mr. Foss raised from an acre 205 bushels of ears, equal to one 

 liundred and two and a half bushels of shelled corn, and- the Com- 

 mittee award to Mr. Foss the Society's premium for the best exper- 

 iment on Indian Corn. 



Mr. Poor raised ninety-three bushels to the acre, and Mr. Put- 

 nam eighty-four and thirteen-fifteenths bushels to the acre, and we 

 recommend that the statements of Mr. Poor and Mr. Putnam be 

 published. 



Samples of the Corn raised by Messrs. Foss and Poor were pre- 

 sented to the Committee. They were both eight rowed, but the 

 ears of Mr. Poor's corn were much larger than those of Mr. Foss, 

 and the Committee are fully of opinion that the medium sized corn 

 is much more profitable to the farmers of Essex, as a general rule, 

 than that of the largest size. j 



The Committee would therefore recommend that there be awarded ' 

 to Henry Poor, of Andover, for his acre of Spring Wheat, the So- 

 ciety's premium of $8 00 



* Remark. "Wliere the claimant raises the full quantity reqtiired, on less than an acre, we see 

 110 good rea-ion why his claim is not entitled to consideration. 



