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No one has returned the requisite number of bushels to 

 entitle them to the premium. 



One vol. N. E. Farmer to H. & V. Ames, Bridgewater. 



For the best experiment to prove the influence of subsoiling 

 on the wheat crop, two entries were made. 



Benjamin Hobart, of Abington, is entitled to the premium 

 of $5. The difference in favor of tlie subsoiled part was 6| 

 bushels per acre. 



H. & V. Ames, Bridgewater, one vol. Boston Cultivator. 



Spencer Leonard, Jr., Bridgewater, is entitled to the premium 

 of $8, for the best experiment in raising barley. He raised 

 32^ bushels on one acre and six rods. 



Timothy French, Kingston, is entitled to the premium of 

 $6, for the greatest quantity of white beans raised on half an 

 acre. He raised 10| bushels on eighty-two rods of land. 



There were ten entries for the best crop of ruta-baga, or 

 French turnips, on quarter of an acre. 



Lewis McLauthlin, of Pembroke, is entitled to the first pre- 

 mium of $5. He raised 180 bushels, equal to 720 bushels 

 per acre. 



One vol. each, Mass. Ploughman, to Orsamus Litteljohn, 

 Middleborough, and George Drew, Halifax; one vol. N. E. 

 Farmer to Paul Hathaway, Middleborough. 



Entries were made for common turnips, but no one claims 

 a premium. 



Benjamin Hobart, Abington, is entitled to the premium of 

 $5, for the greatest quantity of beets raised on quarter of an 

 acre. He raised 257 J'g bushels, equal to 1,028 1| bushels per 

 acre. 



One vol. Boston Cultivator to Paul Hathaway, Middleboro'. 



Seth Sprague, Duxbury, is entitled to the first premium of 

 ^10, for the greatest quantity of carrots raised on quarter of an 

 acre, — 187^8g bushels, equal to 748|| bushels per acre. 



Jonathan Copeland, West Bridgewater, is entitled to the 

 second premium of $5. He raised a fraction less than 152 

 bushels, or equal to 607 g^g bushels per acre. 



One vol. N. E. Farmer to Benjamin Hobart, Abington. 



Abiel Bassett, Bridgewater, is entitled to the premium of 

 |5, for the greatest quantity of onions raised on quarter of an 

 acre. He raised 170 bushels, equal to 680 bushel? per acre. 



