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dryer, and the dry part harder and heavy by carting on gravel, 

 and sowed it to grass. I found it did well. The piece of land 

 I offer for premium is a part of the above-named swamp. This 

 summer past, the crop was meadow-grass, rushes, and other 

 wild grass. The last of August, I made under drains, from 

 two to five feet wide, and dug into the gravel from two to 

 eight inches deep, and filled them with small stones, and cov- 

 ered with moss and old hay, and then muck and gravel. I 

 then ploughed and harrowed. I carted on gravel, I should 

 say, 125 loads, and 25 or 30 loads of stones, spread the gravel, 

 and harrowed it in well. I then spread 35 loads of manure to 

 the acre, harrowed as before, and sowed it to grass. 



Crops. 



The committee on crops would recommend the increase of 

 premium to $15, for best crop of corn. 



Messrs. George R. Leonard, and L. B. Goodwin, of Norton, 

 having complied with the rules of the society, in their state- 

 ments with regard to crop of Indian corn, the committee award 

 to George R. Leonard the first premium for best crop per 

 acre, $10; to L. B. Goodwin, of Norton, the second premium 

 of $8. 



Elisha W. Cain, of Taunton, reported to our secretary a 

 wheat crop ; but, as no statement, according to the rules of the 

 society, has been submitted, your committee do not feel author- 

 ized to allow any premium. 



Nathan Durfee, Chairman. 



George R. Leonardos Statement. 



The following statement is submitted in relation to the 

 manner in which was obtained 103|-| bushels of corn on one 

 acre of land. The land was sward, and was ploughed the last 

 of May, 1851. I spread about four cords of manure before 

 ploughing, and ploughed about nine inches deep ; then spread 

 about four cords more of manure ; then harrowed and bushed 

 thoroughly ; marked in drills three feet one way, and planted 



