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formed their opinions from experience and observalion only, 

 which are that the carrots, beets, onions, and turnips exhibited 

 by Mr. Charles Rnggles, of Hard wick, were very good and 

 excellent of their kind. 



Mr. Otis Allen, of Barre, exhibited fine samples of carrots 

 and onions. 



Sumner S. Walker, of Barre, good samples of French sugar 

 beets and mangel wurtzel. 



C. Saunderson, of Phillipston, mangel wurtzel, of new va- 

 riety and good appearance. 



Messrs. Joseph Robinson, H. P. Woods, G. H. Lee, Peter 

 Harwood, N. S. Walker, David Fay, David Kendall, Creighton 

 Ruggles, Moses Mandell, Otis Allen, Augustus Muss, Gardner 

 Macomber, J. Addison Merriam, of Barre, and Charles Rug- 

 gles, of Hardwick, presented samples of fine appearance and 

 quality. 



Mr. W. Jamerson, of Barre, presented a great variety of po- 

 tatoes, of which no doubt some will prove of great excellence, 

 raised from the ball. 



The committee award the first premium, of $5, to David 

 Bacon, of Barre, for his carrot crop. See statement. 



The second premium, of ^4, to John W. Brigham, of Barre, 

 for his carrot crop. 



Respectfully, 



Gardner Ruggles, Chairman. 



David Bacon's Statement. 



The piece of land I sowed to carrots contained 107 rods; 

 one lot of 38 rods yielded 111 bushels, one lot of 41.^ rods 

 yielded 269 bushels, one lot of 28 rods yielded 219 bushels, 

 making in all 599 bushels. 



expense: 

 Ploughing the land, 1 man and 1 yoke of oxen, . $2 50 



28 loads of compost manure, made of 2 loads of mud 



to 1 of long manure, ^28, one-half to carrot crop, 

 Harrowing and preparing for sowing seed, 

 Carting and spreading manure, 

 Carrot seed, ....... 



Sowing the seed, ...... 



