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the Potatoe, in taking off the flower buds before their 

 full expansion, (the earlier the better.) The Presi- 

 dent of the Edinburgh Society, in his recent work on 

 Agriculture, says, that an acre of potatoes thus serv- 

 ed produced one ton more of tubers in weight, when 

 thus managed. He remarks that a boy could very 

 soon go over an acre and pick off all the flowers ; 

 and we would recommend (particularly with the late 

 potatoes) that our Essex County farmers would try 

 the experiment upon the Long Red variety ; it is per- 

 fectly obvious that a plant or tree exhausts itself more 

 in forming fruit, than in wood or leaves, and hence 

 by taking from the vine that which goes to form its 

 fruit, would send its juices to the nourishment of its 

 root and stock. 



For the Committee. 



JOHN M. IVES. 



ON CULTIVATION OF CROPS. 



The Committee appointed to examine the several 

 claims for premiums offered on Crops of Grain, &c. 

 have attended to that duty, and Report : 



That there were three claims for the premium on 

 Indian Corn ; one for that on Rye ; two for that 

 on Oats, and two tor that on Barley. Some of the 

 claimants did not prosecute their claims with suffi- 

 ciently definite statements of their mode of cultivation. 



After a careful examination of the several state- 

 ments, they recommend the awarding of the follow- 

 ing premiums and gratuities : 



To Daniel Putnam, Esq., of Danvers, for his crop 



