366 PLYMOUTH SOCIETY. 



Spencer lieonard. Jr., of Bridgewater, is entitled to the sec- 

 ond premium of six dollars. He raised 9S^f bushels. 



Benjamin Hobart, of Abington, is entitled to the third pre- 

 mium of five dollars. He raised 91^1 bushels. 



Four claims were entered for the best field of Indian corn, 

 not less than two acres. 



Seth Sprague, of Duxbury, raised 98 If bushels per acre, and 

 is entitled to the premium of ten dollars. 



A gratuity of five dollars is recommended to be paid to 

 Leonard Hill, of East Bridgewater, who raised (under many 

 disadvantages and inconveniences) SS|§ bushels per acre. 



Five claims were originally made for the best field of Indian 

 corn, not less than three acres. 



Adin i\.lger, of Bridgewater, is entitled to the premium of 

 fifteen dollars. He raised 67|| bushels per acre. 



Six claims were entered for the best experiment to prove the 

 influence of subsoiling on the corn crop ; three subsequently 

 withdrew. 



Benjamin Hobart, of Abington, is entitled to the premium 

 of five dollars; the difference in favor of the subsoiled part, is 

 llff bushels per acre. 



Spencer Leonard, Jr., of Bridgewater; difference in favor of 

 subsoiling, 10g° bushels per acre — one volume Massachusetts 

 Ploughman. 



Notwithstanding the season was unfavorable for experiments 

 in subsoiling, in consequence of the abundance of moisture, yet 

 suflicient influence is shown in every instance, to encourage 

 further experiments. 



B. Hobart, of Abington, entered for premium for the best 

 experiment to prove the influence of subsoiling on the wheat 

 crop. The half acre subsoiled, exhibited the most luxuriant 

 appearance through the season, and so rapid was its growth, 

 that the high winds caused it to lodge before the grain was 

 matured, which occasioned considerable loss of grain ; owing 

 to these circumstances he obtained about a bushel more from 

 the part not subsoiled. Notwithstanding these adverse circum- 

 stances, we think he is entitled to the premium of five dollars. 



For the best experiment in raising oats, Sylvanus Hinckley, 



