selves with what we could get, as we do not understand the 

 Society to require it ; or a written statement from the claimant. 

 The crops were as follows : 



Nine acres of Corn, 50 bushels to the acre, 

 ■(this we think a reasonable estimate,) at one dol- 

 lar a bushel, $450 00 



One and one quarter acres' of Rutabaga, eleven 

 hundred bush., (which we think is large both in 

 price and quantity,) 550 00 



Four hundred bush, merchantable Potatoes, meas'd, 400 00 



Three thousand Cabbages, at six cents a-piece, 180 00 



$1,580 00 



The corn fodder and one hundred bush, of small potatoes 

 are supposed to cover the cost of harvesting. 



The manure used was a compost of meadow nuick and barn- 

 yard manure — two parts of the former to one of the latter. 



The corn was planted four feet apart each way, on account 

 of the sod in some part of the land being so tough that it was 

 (difficult to obtain soil enough to work the crop. 



\Yc arrive at the following results : Cost of drainage, culti- 

 vation and manure ; nothing being allowed for the 

 seed used, $2,094 12 



Estimated value of crops, 1,580 00 



Balance against the lot this year, $514 12 



We think that the increased value of the land should be 

 considered a fair offset for this amount. 



Should the Society publish the })lan here presented, it will 

 give a much better idea of the whole operation than we can 

 give in this imperfect report. 



In view then of all the facts, if ]Mr. Appleton has come up 

 to the rules of the Society, we shoidd recommend that he be 

 awarded the first premium, or, as has been suggested, the case 



