ON GRAIN CROPS, 



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blight as it did in former years, we think it will be well for the 

 farmers of this county to turn their attention more to this crop. 



There were two claimants for the premium on Rye, viz : 

 Adino Page, on the town farm in Danvers, and John S. Hub- 

 bard, on the town farm in Newbury. Mr. Hubbard raised on 

 one acre thirty-two and a half bushels of rye. Mr. Page rais- 

 ed on four acres one hnndred and thirty-five bushels, making 

 thirty-three and three-fourths bushels per acre. The commit- 

 tee award to Mr. Page the premium of eight dollars. From 

 this experiment we see that when a liberal dressing of compost 

 manure is applied to poor and gravelly soils, a good crop of rye 

 may be obtained from them ; it is not so liable to be winter 

 killed on such soils as upon a strong and clayey soil, and it usu- 

 ally ripens before the dry weather affects it. The high price 

 which the straw sells for in some markets, adds much to its 

 value. 



There was but one entry for the premium on Indian Corn, 

 that of Joshua Foss, of Byfield. This crop was not so large 

 as has often been raised in this county, but the committee think 

 if the season had been favourable for the growth of corn, this 

 would have been as large as any to which the Society's prem- 

 ium was ever awarded. The committee are of the opinion that 

 by planting in rows but one way, and making the hills but 

 a little distance apart the other way, more corn can be raised 

 on an acre than when it is put in rows each way far enough 

 apart to use the cultivator. But before recommending this 

 mode of planting, they would advise all to count the extra cost 

 of hoeing. The committee award to Mr. Foss the premium of 

 eight dollars. WM. R, PUTNAM, Chairman. 



Danvers, Nov. 15, 1850. 



HENRY POOR'S STATEMENT. 

 The specimens of winter wheat are the growth and product 

 of my farm the present year. The sample of white flint I pre- 

 sent for premium, having obtained twenty-five and a half bush- 



