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This will certify that I measured the above land, and that 

 the quantity, one acre, is correct. 



Sidney F. Newman. 



statement of william w. perkins. 

 To the Committee on Grain Crops : — 



The crop of Barley I offer for premium was raised on 250 

 rods of land, measured by John C. Rolfe. The barley was 

 measured by J. H. Tumly, 67 bushels ; weighed by James H. 

 llsley, and weighed 50 pounds to the bushel. Two years, 1880 

 and 1881, the land had been planted with corn and sugar 

 beets, with about seven cords of stable manure to the acre. 

 For many years previous to 1880 the ground had been used as 

 an onion bed. The soil is a clay loam. I have not kept a 

 record of the expense of cultivating the crop, and do not 

 know the price of barley. Straw is worth $12 per ton ; I 

 should judge there was about one and a half tons. 



STATEMENT OP WM. W. PERKINS. 



The crop of grass entered by me for premium was raised on 

 one acre of land, measured by James H. llsley ; weighed by 

 Frank Perkins, at the time it was put into the barn, and 

 weighed 7240 pounds. 



The ground for many years previous to 1879, at which time 

 it was laid down, was an onion bed ; no top dressing had been 

 applied since it was in grass, until last fall, when I spread one 

 barrel of ground bone, about 250 pounds, without composting. 

 The land is gravelly with clay loam. I have tried the bone 

 dust one year, and was favorably impressed with it ; shall use 

 it again this fall. 



FARMS. 



There have been two entries of farms for the Society's Pre- 

 miums, and a visit was made in June by a part of the Com- 



