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undoubtedly have received the premium. Mr. Dane's crop 

 was good, but the heads were not well filled, the straAV was 

 heavy — some of it measuring 6 feet, and 8 inches in length. 

 His crop would have been much larger had it not been for 

 the severe drought. jNIr. Bailey's crop looked well, but he 

 failed to put in a statement. 



Wheat, first premium, $10, to Nathaniel Little, Jr., of 

 Newbury. Mr. Little had an excellent crop, and we refer to 

 his statement, where full particulars will be found. 



Corn, first premium, $10, to John Pearl, of Boxford. 



We recommend a gratuity of $6 to Abel S. Harriman, of 

 Groveland. Mr. Harriman's corn was planted in drills, and 

 showed the effects of good cultivation, as does evcrA^thing 

 about his farm. Mr. Pearl's crop was a little larger than Mr. 

 Harriman's, and filled out better. When everything is taken 

 into consideration, the crop is wonderful. Planted June 11th, 

 on a wet and very stony piece of pasture land that had never 

 before been ploughed, and scantily manured at that, the crop 

 of eighty-seven bushels of dry shelled corn on one acre is 

 remarkable. Had the season ])een wet, instead of dry, your 

 Committee are of the opinion that Mr. Pearl would not have 

 raised a sound ear of corn on the whole acre. 



In our trips about the county Ave noted, with no small 

 amount of satisfaction, the large increase in the average of 

 grain, for it seemed to denote that returning ^o the ''do'lar 

 of our daddies," alst) brini»'s us back to the o'ood old wavs of 

 "our daddies." The hue and cry of old fogyism in our style 

 of farming, lasted too long, and Ave hail Avith joy the fast ap- 

 proaching time Avhen every farmer "shall produce that which- 

 he consumes." 



In the cultivation of grain we are not only producing, as 

 a country, Avhat we consume, but Ave are, to a greater extent 

 than many are aAvare, feeding the people of other countries. 

 The importance and magnitude of our grain crop cannot be 

 over-estimated. The last monthly report of the Department 

 of Agriculture estimates this year's Avheat crop at 400,000,000 



