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ELIZABETH PARKER'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee of the Essex Agriadtural Society, > 

 on the Cultivation of Crops : 5 



Gentlemen — I submit a statement by evidences 

 that did the labor, of a crop of Barley raised the past 

 season. The land which it grew on is a black moist 

 loam joining a meadow. It was planted two years 

 with corn, and manured as common in the hill. The 

 first of May it was ploughed, but was so wet it was 

 not sowed till the 22d ; then sowed 11-2 bushel of 

 the two rowed Barley, that was bought at Salem. It 

 grew finely until the heads began to show ; while it 

 was tender it was beat down the 20th of July by a 

 shower and wind, to rise no more. The 7th of Au- 

 gust it was got up with a good deal of labor and put 

 to dry one week, then got in ; from the 19th to the 

 24th thrashed, with a great quantity of straw, and win- 

 nowed up clean. The lot contained half an acre of 

 land, and yielded 31 1-4 bushels of large sound grain. 



Gentlemen, if you think this worthy of a place in 

 your Essex Agricultural Society's Transactions, make 

 use of it ; if not, pass it by. 



Elizabeth Parker. 



East Bradford, Sept. 24, 1839. 



ON DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES. 



The Committee on Domestic Manufactures, Re- 

 port : That the number of entries exceeded those of 

 any former year, and in several branches excelled in 

 variety and skill of workmanship. In the short 



