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ker, of Andover. Mr. Jaques raised about 37 bush- 

 els to the acre, and Mr. Barker 218 bushels on 5 

 acres. 



As there was nothing extraordinary either in their 

 mode of adtivation, or the produce, your committee 

 do not feel justified in awarding a premium to either 

 of the claimants. 



Mr. Frederic Knight, of Newbury, presented a 

 claim for Wheat, by which it appears that he raised 

 32 bushels 14 quarts, upon one acre. For this, we 

 have awarded the Society's premium of ten dollars, 

 and annex his statement. 



Respectfully submitted. 



JOHN KEELEY. 

 ABEL NICHOLS. 



Sept. 27, 1837. 



FREDERIC KNIGHT'S STATEMENT. 



2'o the Committee on green Crops for the Essex Agricultural Society: 



Gentlemen — The following is a statement of a 

 piece of Wheat which I have raised the past season, 

 and present to you for your premium. The soil is a 

 yellow loam, and has been planted with corn and po- 

 tatoes, alternately, for the last ten years, and manured 

 in the hole with about seven loads a year. The past 

 season there was no manure used. It was sowed with 

 wheat the 10th of April, the seed was of the white 

 kind. Two bushels was sown after steeping it in 

 ashes and water 24 hours — it was spread on the 

 floor 24 hours and dry ashes raked in for conveni- 



