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that the regulations, properly understood, were neither onerous 

 nor unreasonable, and that if the State were to continue to pay 

 out large sums in bounty, it had a right to expect something of 

 accurate results, and it was the duty of the Board to see that all 

 reasonable means for securing such results were adopted and 

 applied in good faith. 



Dr. LoRiNG submitted the following amendment to the rules 

 as printed in the blanks : — 



" Committees on crops, either of themselves or by vote of the 

 society to which they belong, are authorized to select such num- 

 ber of crops from those entered, as may, in their judgment, be 

 entitled to the premiums offered, and apply the foregoing rules 

 to these crops only ; but, in all cases, as many crops shall be 

 examined under these rules, as there are premiums offered, if 

 the number of entries comes up to the number of premiums." 



This amendment was adopted. 



Mr. Davis also offered the following amendment, in relation 

 to ascertaining the weight of the corn crop : — 



" To ascertain the amount of a corn crop, any vessel contain- 

 ing not less than a bushel of ripened ears may be used, and the 

 weight of the contents of one of said vessels taken, and the 

 number of vessels or basketsful noted. The weight of its con- 

 tents once, multiplied by the number of times it is filled by the 

 crop of ripened ears, shall be considered the gross weight of har- 

 vested corn in the ears. One of said vessels, full of ripened 

 ears of the average quality and condition of the crop, shall be 

 kept to December 1st, and weighed in the ear, and also after it 

 is shelled, and the amount of merchantable shelled corn, as well 

 ^s the amount of shrinkage, thus ascertained." 



This amendment was also adopted, and the time for weighing 

 the corn kept, to ascertain the weight of the merchantable crop, 

 was changed from January 1st to December 1st, for the sake of 

 enabling societies to award the premiums, so as to make up 

 their returns at an earlier date. 



On Monday, Feb. 5th, Mr. Bull in the chair, Mr. Salton stall, 

 chairman of the committee upon that subject, submitted the 

 following Report on 



