72 

 GRAIN CROPS. 



The Committee on Grain Crops have attended to the duties 

 assigned them, and report : 



They have but two entries this season, one from Messrs. J. 

 C. & Romuhis Jaques of AVest Newbury, and one from Mr. 

 Thomas Low of Ipswich. 



The Committee examined Messrs. Jaques' corn Sept. 17tli, 

 and found it an extra crop and well cultivated. It Avas on a 

 fiat, moist piece of land, favorable for the dry season. 



Mr. Thomas Low's corn was examined Sept. 28tli, and in 

 the estimation of the Committee it was a very promising crop, 

 and thought it com[)ared ^cry faAorably with Messrs. Jaques. 



Mr. Low's statement says that lie had 122 bushels of shell- 

 ed corn to the. acre. He shelled one half bushel that weio-hed 

 ?)3 pounds ; he then allows 56 pounds to ^he bushel, which 

 makes 122 bushels per acre. As he" gave us no account of 

 the labor, and did not conform to the rules of the Society in 

 weighing and measuring the corn, he could not be awarded 

 the premium. 



The Conunittee award the diploma and $10 premium to 

 Messrs. J. C. & Romulus Jaques of West Newbury. 



Committee — C. K. Ordway, Abel Stickney, Joseph Hor- 

 ton, D. G. Todd. 



STATEMENT OF J. C. & R. JAQUES. 



The crop of Indian Corn which we have entered for premi- 

 um grew upon one acre of land. The soil is a light loam and 

 was ploughed for this crop the first time for seven years. It 

 was ploughed in the fall, and again in the spring, about eight 

 inches in depth. Nine cords of manure were used, fi\e of 

 which Avere plowed in and four harrowed in ; the land was 

 marked off in rows, three and one half feet each Avay, and 

 [)1 anted on the tenth day of May ; cultivated with a common 

 cultivator each Avay twice and hoed twice.- The top stalks 

 were cut August 27th, and on Sept. 27th Ave commenced to 



