48 ON WHEAT AND RYE. 



Daniel PuLiiam, of Danvers, lot No. 1, 52 minutes, 30 

 furrows, William Putnam, ploughman and 

 driver, third Premium, % 6 



Quantity of land ploughed, sixteen rods in length, by two 

 rods in width. 



R. A. M ERR I AM, ^ 

 R. HEATH, I 



ASA. T. NEWHALL, )> Committee. 

 EBENEZER KING, | 

 ERASTUS WARE, J 

 Sept. 30, 1835. 



No. VIH. ON WHEAT AND RYE. 



The committee to whom were referred the statements of 

 Mr. John Noyes, of Newbury, and Mr. Greenleaf Plummer, 

 of West Newbury, Report — 



That they have considered the same, and regret that tliey 

 cannot regard that of Mr. Noyes as a compliance with the 

 terms on which a premium was offered for the best exper- 

 iment in the cultivation of Wheat. They feel themselves 

 restricted by the rule of the society from proposing a gratuity. 



One of the committee has attempted the cultivation of the 

 German Barley, mentioned by Mr. Plummer. His experience 

 does not warrant him in recommending to others the trial of it. 

 He has himself wholly abandoned it. 



It is due to Messrs Noyes and Plummer, to acknowledge the 

 gratification which these proofs of their interest in the Agricul- 

 ture of the county, have afforded. Although precluded by rules 

 from the premiums of the society, the committee are assured 

 that an enterprise which seeks to add another to the productions 

 of the farmer, though in some instances it may not be success- 

 ful, and produces such abundant crops, can never be without its 

 great and multiplied rewards. 



N. W. HAZEN, for the committee. 

 Topsfield,Jan. 1836. 



