REPORTS. 



FIELD CROPS. 



FIRST DIVISION— SUMMER CROPS. 



Your Committee have attended the duties assigned them and 

 make the following report : 



Of Winter Wheat there was but one entry and that not worthy 

 of a premium. 



Spring Wheat, 14 entries ; about one third very good. 



Winter Eye, 33 entries ; the growth of straw was very large and 

 about one half the pieces your committee looked at were very 

 heavy, while other pieces that looked equally as well would not 

 yield more than half a crop ; but as a general thing the rye crop 

 was good. Your committee would say that in their opinion rye 

 is one of the most profitable crops that can be raised in this sec- 

 tion, as it does not impoverish the land like some other crops and 

 is free to seed after, and as the straw brings, as a general thing, 

 as much as a good quality of hay, they are satisfied that their 

 opinion is right, for the farmer is looking for the crop that will 

 bring him the greatest amount of money for the least amount of 

 labor. 



Of Oats there were 85 entries, most of which were badly down ; 

 a very large growth of straw ; heads generally heavy, and had the 

 crop stood up until ready for harvest it would have been large ; 

 but as it did not, the crop must fall below the average. 



Meslins. — 13 entries, mostly poor ; but few exceptions. 



Barley. — '22 entries. The crop falls below an average of former 

 years, the season being too warm and wet. 



Sowed Corn. — Yery good, but many pieces badly damaged \>v- 

 fore it was fit to harvest. Your committee would recommend, as 

 'li<! Ill'' committee of last year, the sowing of sweet corn in drills. 



Grass. 2:\ entries. At the time your committee were viewing 



*Pittsfield is made the homestead of the Society by its Constitution and by the 

 location of its real estate. In the award of premiums, therefore, Pittstield will be 

 understood in all eases where the name of the town is not inven. 



