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remaining portion I spread twenty-five bushels of leached ashes 

 and sowed the millet. Last spring I applied five cords and a 

 half of compost manure, ploughed it under and harrowed it ; 

 just before sowing the seed the land was again ploughed and 

 harrowed ; the seed was sowed the third day of June ; in 

 October, they were harvested ; the yield was five hundred and 

 thirty-eight bushels of carrots, weighing forty-five pounds per 

 bushel. 



Net gain, - - - . $47 00 



The directors award to 



Miner Hitchcock, of Chicopee, 1st premium, of $3 00 



Samuel Warner, of Wilbraham, 2d " 2 00 



Turnip Crop. 



Miner Hitchcock^s Statement. 

 The turnip crop which I offer for premium was raised on one 

 fourth of an acre of light sandy land, which was last year 

 planted with field beans. No manure ti^as applied. In August 

 of this year I drew one cord of fine manure and spread it 

 evenly, and covered with the plough. The ground was levelled 

 and made smooth with the hand-rake, the 9th day of August ; 

 the seed was sowed in drills twenty inches apart ; when well 

 up so as to discover the rows distinctly they were hoed and 

 thinned suitably ; two barrels of unleached ashes were then 



