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variety the committee have no definite knowledge, and there- 

 fore do not think proper to award it a premium. 



Cabbages. — Four thousand four hundred heads to the acre, 

 using about ten square feet to each plant, many of which 

 weighed twenty pounds and upwards. This was indeed a 

 mammoth crop ; it was seen by the committee, and in their 

 opinion was well entitled to the premium of six dollars. 



Turnips. — Blue Swedish, a handsome variety and fine growth ; 

 yield thirteen tons and more to the half acre. These were 

 seen by the committee, and in their opinion are well entitled 

 to the premium of six dollars. 



Carrots. — Estimated to be more than thirty-four tons to the 

 acre. They were indeed a magnificent crop ; but how many 

 there were, the committee have no satisfactory means of deter- 

 mining, as when last seen most of them were in the ground. 

 They cannot, therefore, recommend the award of a premium 

 for this crop. 



Onions. — These were shown to the committee in a pile in 

 the barn; they were large and fair. The committee do not 

 doubt that a few rods were found yielding in proportion as 

 stated by Mr. Brown ; but that a half acre was so found to- 

 gether they cannot credit, with their recollection of the appear- 

 ance of the field. 



Potatoes. — Two hundred and sixty bushels from nine and a 

 half bushels of seed, was indeed a fine crop ; how much land 

 they grew upon, the committee have no satisfactory means of 

 determining. But as this is the only crop of potatoes reported 

 for years, they recommend that the premium of six dollars be 

 awarded to it. 



The committee recommend that Mr. Brown's statement be 

 published in full, that he may be heard for himself. They have 

 felt constrained to remark upon some features of it, that Mr. 

 Brown and others hereafter may make their statements more 

 explicit. Mr. Brown knows very well how to do this. 



The committee received from Benjamin Huntington, of Dan- 

 vers, a .statement of the produce of half an acre of onions — 

 three hundred and eighty bushels, a part of a field of one and 

 three-quarters acres, which they think deserving the premium of 

 six dollar,-:, and award it accordingly. The committee received 



