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year, besides Canada wood ashes every two or three years. The 

 soil is a heavy loam which was plowed in November, 1891, to a 

 depth of six inches The land was well fitted and made smooth with 

 the Meeker harrow, and sown the 15th day of April in drills 14 inches 

 apart. The cro|> was kept entirely free fro.ii weeds, being wed four 

 times and the Sliirffle hoe kept constantly in use. Your committee 

 examined the crop Sept. 12th, at the time the onions were bei.ig 

 pulled. 8ept. 20th the crop was harvested, and sold with the 

 following results : 



Large onions, 13,805 lbs. or 246^ bu., or 492^ bu. to the acre. 



Small ones, 520 lbs., or 10 bu. one-half acre, or 20 bu. to acre. 

 246| bush, large onions, at 65c. per bush, $159 06 

 10 bush, small onions, at 40c., 4.00 



Total, $163 06 



Cost of cultivation and seed, $41 00 



Barnyard manure used on crop, 12.50 



$53 50 

 Balance in favor of ciop, 109 56 



Sunderland, Mass., Nov. Uth, 1892. 



REPORT ON CORN. 



FIRST PREMIUM. 



Report of corn crop raised by F. O. Williams, Sunderland. 



The acre of corn entered for premium grew on land which had 

 produced beets and carrots the two preceding years, having ten cords 

 of barnyard manure to ihe acre. The soil is a light loam, which 

 was plowed in November, 1891, to a depth of eight inches. Barn- 

 yard manure was applied in the spring, at the rate of fifteen loads 

 per acre, valued at $22.50. The land was well wheel-harrowed and 

 seed bed made smooth, and planted May 25th with " Sibley's Pride 

 of the North " corn. Thf^ '• Woods " planter being used, and planted 

 in drills three feet apart and hills two and one-half feet ; three stalks 

 in a hill. The crop was cultivated several times and hoed twice. 



