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Aretas Fobes, one vol. N. E, Farmer. 



Austin J. Roberts, Middleborough, is entitled to the first 

 premium of $5, for the greatest quantity of winter squashes 

 on quarter of an acre. He raised 4,942 pounds on one-quarter 

 of an acre, equal to 2 tons 942 pounds, or 9 tons 1,768 pounds 

 per acre. 



Nathan Whitman, East Bridgewater, second premium of 

 $3. He raised 4,523 pounds. 



"We recommend that a gratuity of $2 be paid to Lewis 

 Leonard, of Bridgewater, who raised 3,142 pounds. 



Premiums on Improvements. 



We have ten entries for the premiums offered for the greatest 

 quantity of the most valuable compost manure. 



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

 ^10. He made 600 loads of 40 cubic feet. 



Josiah L. Bassett, of Bridgewater, is entitled to the second 

 premium of ^8. He made 443 loads. 



Aretas Fobes, of Bridgewater, to the third premium of $6. 

 He made 410 loads. 



Daniel Alden, of Middleborough, the fourth premium, Col- 

 man's Reports. He made 369 loads. 



One vol. Mass. Ploughman to Nahum Snell, West Bridge- 

 water; one do. N. E. Farmer to Orsamus Litteljohn, Middle- 

 borough ; one do. each, Boston Cultivator, to Austin J. Roberts, 

 Middleborough, George W. Wood, Middleborough, and Ben- 

 jamin Hobart, Abington. 



Jonathan Copeland, West Bridgewater, is entitled to the 

 first premium of $10, for carting on to his sandy fields and 

 orchards the greatest quantity of swamp muck and peat mud. 

 He carted 444 loads. 



The advantages derived from the cultivation of corn> for 

 fodder, — especially when there are indications of the failure of 

 the grass crop, — are not well understood and appreciated in 

 this county. On good soils, from six to eight tons (when 

 well cured) can be raised on an acre ; and on less fertile fields 

 the yield is far more remunerating than some of the root crops. 

 It can be sowed as late as July, and fed out to milch cows or 

 beef cattle during the drought of autumn, or cured and used 



