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the manner of determining the acconnt is not altogether satisfactory. 



Those who intend entering for these preminnis shonld phvn for it 



in the spring. There onght to be a larger competition in each class. 



Yours respectfully, 



Geo. p. Smith. 



CORN. 



The land on which the corn grew has produced a like crop for the 

 past two 3'ears and is a heavy loam. The land was plowed in the 

 fall to a depth of 7 inches, and barnyard manure applied in the 

 spring at the rate of fifteen cartloads to the acre, also one ton lime 

 ashes. May 1 Ith " Sibley's Pride of the North" corn was planted 

 in drills with a "Woods" planter 3 ft. by 2h. The crop was culti- 

 vated several times and hand-hoed twice. Each hill was thinned to 

 not over four stalks. September 5th the corn was cut and tied up 

 in bundles. Oct. 17th your committee husked and weighed the corn 

 from one rod selected and obtained the following results, 441 lbs, 

 shelled corn. Nov. 10th the corn was weighed having shrunk 2 lbs. 

 or 42|- lbs. per rod or 6800 lbs. per acre making l"21i bushels of 

 shelled corn to the acre. 



Corn at .70 per bush., $85.05 



Fodder estimated at i^ tons at $6 per ton, 27.00 



Total, 



15 loads manure, one-third charged to crop, 7.50 



Lime ashes at $5 per ton, 5.00 



Cost of cultivation, 20.00 



Total, 



;112.05 



32.50 



Balance in favor of crop. 



$79.45 

 F. O. Williams. 



The crop was grown on land called sandy loam. It has produced 

 a crop of corn once in four years for the past twenty years. In a 



