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phy. Hence we infer, that a mixed crop can be obtained in 

 one year from the acre of land, of greater value than a crop of 

 either of the plants alone, but at the expense of greater exhaus- 

 tion of fertility of course. Farmers have long been in the 

 habit of raising mixed crops of some of the following vegeta- 

 bles : Indian corn, pumpkins, beans, turnips, &c., without so 

 noting the gain or loss thereby, as to afford any important in- 

 formation to themselves or others, in regard to the utility of 

 such management. It is certainly very desirable these experi- 

 ments should be so managed as to establish the true value of 

 the practice. Mixed crops of the cereals, such as wheat and 

 oats, wheat and rye, &c., have been much approved in some 

 districts of New England, and may be well worthy of further 

 experiments. But there are mixed crops too frequently seen 

 everywhere around us, which all good amateur or practical 

 farmers decidedly condemn. These are mixed crops of Indian 

 corn, potatoes, or some of the above named vegetables, with 

 Roman wormwood, and a variety of other weeds, which add 

 nothing whatever to the profits of agricultural operations. 

 Farmers of Essex county, how long will you tolerate such 

 culture ? 



The Committee award the following premiums : 



To Benjamin Rogers, of Andover, for wheat, - - $6 00 



" Ephraim Brown, of Marblehead, for rye, - - 6 00 



" Adino Page, of Danvers, for Indian corn, - - 6 00 

 " Paul P. Pillsbury, of Andover, for a mixed crop of 



corn and beans, a gratuity - . - - 6 00 



ANDREW NICHOLS, Chairman. 



Benjamin Rogers^s Statement. 

 I offer for premium a crop of winter wheat, called white 

 flint, measuring forty-one and a half bushels from one bushel 

 and three pecks of seed, sowed on one acre and twenty-five 

 and four-tenths rods of land. This land has a northwesterly 

 descent of twelve to twenty feet. The soil varies from a light 

 sandy loam, to meadow mud ; the lowest part being so wet, 

 that I was obliged to dig a ditch the length of the field to 

 drain the land. 



