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HAMPDEN SOCIETY. 



The directors award to Phineas Stedman, of Chicopee, the 

 first premium, of $4. 



Walter Coolejfs Statement. 



I offer for premium a crop of oats, which was raised on If 

 acre of land. One year ago last spring I spread on, and plough- 

 ed in, nine cords of yard manure, and planted it with corn. 

 Last spring, in April, I ploughed it once and sowed six bush- 

 els of oats, and harrowed them in. The product was 140 

 bushels, equal to 80 bushels per acre. 



By value of crop, at 50 cents, 



" " straw. 



DR. 



For Ploughing, 

 " Sowing and harrowing, . 

 " Six bushels oats for seed, 

 " Harvesting, . 

 " Threshing and cleaning, 

 " Land rent, 



Net gain, 



West Springfield, Nov. 30, 1852. 

 Awarded the second premium, of $2. 



S94 00 



32 80 



$61 20 



Root Crop. 



J. P. Dickinson's Statement. ^ 



The crop of turnips which I offer for premium, was raised 

 on 58 rods of ground. It was sowed with peas in the spripg, 

 at the same time I spread on four cords of manure. The first 

 of August I sowed it with one-half pound of long smooth tur- 

 nip seed, in drills 15 inches apart; they were hoed three times, 

 and thinned to suitable distances. The 20th of November I 

 gathered 298 bushels from the 58 rods. 



