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the grass, on all the high land, was entirely dried up. I also 

 had a piece of corn growing within five or six rods of the mea- 

 dow, which was materially benefited by retaining the fresh 

 water within the dyke. My meadow is so situated, that most 

 of the water passes off through the centre ditch, but, in ordinary 

 cases, it is best to cut a ditch round the meadow, to intercept 

 the springs from the upland. 

 Barnstable, Oct. 25, 1848. 



Produce. 



The Committee, (Melatiah Bourne, Chairman,) award to 

 Braley Jenkins, Jr., of Barnstable, for the best conducted ex- 

 periments on Indian corn, first premium, .$6 00, and a copy of 

 the Farmer's Dictionary. 



To Russell Hinckley, of do., for next best, second pre- 

 mium, . . . . . . . $4 00 



To Enoch Shove, of Sandwich, for potatoes, gratuity, 1 00 



Braley JenJcms's Statement. 



I offer for premium, a crop of Indian corn, grown on one acre 

 of land, and measuring 87 bushels and 31 quarts. The land is 

 mostly a drained swamp, the soil being a brown sand, with a 

 peat subsoil. The land has lain in grass for twenty years past, 

 producing about two tons of English hay yearly. Ten horse 

 loads of manure were spread on the sward ; it was then plough- 

 ed, and forty loads of compost manure harrowed in. It was 

 planted May 20th ; the corn was worked out three times each 

 way, with the cultivator, and hoed twice. Six horse loads of 

 manure from the hog-pen were put in the hills. It was har- 

 vested and measured October 24th. 



I estimate the cost of cultivation as follows : — 



