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of Lowell, for a loaf of bread, which was unanimously con- 

 sidered by the committee to be the best bread upon the^table, 

 but in which potatoes were mixed with the wheat. As the so- 

 ciety's premiums were offered for wheaten bread, it was thought 

 that this bread did not come within the rule. 



Agricultural Experiments. 



The committee, consisting of Alfred Allen and Peter 

 Lawson, award the premiums on grain and root crops, as fol- 

 lows : 



To N. P. Morrison, Somerville, Rye, the premium of f 10 00 

 " John Hayward, Ashby, Indian Corn, " 10 00 



" Samuel Eastabrook, Ashby, Carrots, " 6 00 



N. P. Morrison's Statement. 

 The following is an account of a crop of winter rye, which 

 I raised on one acre and thirteen square rods. I sowed in Sep- 

 tember, after taking off a crop of potatoes, about three pecks of 

 seed to the acre. On good land I woulc' not sow more than 

 twenty-six quarts to the acre, on any account, say from the first 

 to the middle of September, if I wanted a large crop of grain. 

 My rye was threshed in September, put in barrels and remained 

 where it has been some exposed to the fowls, until last week. 

 I then measured forty striked bushels for W. & J. Libbey, of 

 Boston, which I sold, fifty-six pounds for a bushel, at eighty 

 cents per bushel. The gain was two and a half bushels and 

 eight pounds, which made about sixty pounds to a striked 

 bushel. 



The amount paid was - - - . 



7\ striked bushels reserved at home, (at same rate,) 

 Straw sold for mats, 4065 lbs. at 80 cts., - 



" " filling beds, 156 lbs.. 



About 300 lbs. loose straw, kept for bedding horses, 



Total, - - - - $75 45 



