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acre and ninety-seven rods of land, a part of a lot containing 

 eight acres, which previous to 1848 did not afford sufficient 

 pasturage for two head of cattle more than three months. In 

 the fall of 1848, I cut off the bushes with which about one- 

 half was covered, and dug the rocks from the surface ; the fol- 

 lowing spring applied a dressing of manure, about sixteen 

 loads to the acre, and ploughed to the depth of six inches, and 

 in the fall harvested twenty-five bushels of corn to the acre. 

 In the spring of 1850 cleared off the stubble and harrowed it 

 well (did not plough) and sowed one-half with barley and the 

 remainder with oats ; after sowing the grain, applied ten loads 

 of manure. In 1851 I sold the grass to T. Holmes, of North 

 Sandwich, who cut four and a half tons of hay, clover and 

 timothy. In September I cut from one-half of it three-fourths 

 of a ton, by estimation, of second growth; in November dress- 

 ed again that part which was mowed twice, with stable ma- 

 nure, say six loads to the acre. The past season I cut three 

 tons of hay of good quality. 



I ought to add that this piece of ground had not been broken 

 up for forty-five years, to my knowledge, and how much longer 

 am not able to say. It is what is called high land, and the 

 soil is principally a clayey loam. 



Sandwich, Oct. 13, 1852. 



To Samuel Childs, of Barnstable, for improving 

 wet meadow or swamp lands, we have awarded 

 the first premium of . . . . $6 00 



To Melatiah Bourne, of Sandwich, for the best 

 conducted experiment of Indian corn, on not 

 less than one acre of land, the first premium of 6 00 



To Prince Tupper, of Sandwich, second premium 



of ..... . 4 00 



To J. B. Dillingham, of Sandwich, for best con- 

 ducted experiments on the cultivation of rye, on 

 one acre of land, first premium, . . 4 00 



To Naaman Dillingham, of Sandwich, for the best 

 experiments in the cultivation of barley, first 

 premium, . . . . . 2 00 



