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Although it is commonly supposed that New England 

 cannot grow the grains in competition with the West, yet 

 Mr. Newell makes a good showing with his crop, and 

 evidently believes tliere is money in raising rye in Essex 

 County. It will be noticed that Mr. Newell cut his rye 

 with a self reaper and binder, wiiich he says did good 

 work, cutting and binding one and one-lialf acres in two 

 hours time. This is deserving of particular mention, for 

 if we would raise grain in the East with profit we must 

 adopt Western methods of growing them. 



Our next visit was to the farm of Mr. William Little of 

 Newbury, who had entered a very fine piece of wheat, but 

 as there was little over half an acre we could not award it 

 a premium. 



Charles Woods of Newbury entered for the consideration 

 of your committee seven-eighths of an acre of red kidney 

 beans, the cultivation of which, like everything that Mr. 

 Woods has to do with, was done thoroughly, not a weed 

 being allowed to mature seed or hardly to sprout before 

 being destroyed. The principal point to consider in his 

 statement is the small cost of growing the crop ; and also 

 the high price per bushel (12.25 to -'12.40), making a large 

 balance on the right side of the account. 



Three entries were made on corn, namely, Oliver P, 

 Kilham of West Boxford, Joseph H. Lunt of Newbury, 

 and James J. H. Gregory of Middleton. Oar first visit 

 was to the field of Mr. Lunt's, where we found a very fine 

 piece of Longfellow corn just ready for topping. Mr. 

 Lunt, although a young man and at present a student at 

 Dummer Academy, finds time to raise large crops on the 

 farm, liay and apples evidently taking the lead. 



Mr. Kilham's crop at Boxford was next examined and 

 pronounced A 1, the cars setting heavily and well filled 

 out at the point, while at the time of our visit, Oct. 1st, the 

 crop was nearly matured enough to husk. 



