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For the third best — To Philamon Ruggles, of Milton, " Harris' 

 Treatise on Insects." 



For the best experiment in raising Oats — To A. L. Smith, of 

 Dover, $4. 



For the best experiment in raising Wheat — To A. L. Smith, of 

 Dover, $6. 



The Committee would further report that their attention Avas 

 attracted to several samples of grain at the Exhibition, which were 

 not offered for premium, among which were Yellow Corn, by Eli- 

 phalet Stone, of Dedham, and Wheat, by Henry Cormerais, of 

 Dedham, both of which will " be hard to beat" in any section of 

 our country. 



HENRY L. STONE, Chairman. 



Medham, Dec. 4, 18G0. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN SIAS. 



Corn. The land on which the corn was raised, which I entered 

 for a premium, contains 152 rods. The soil is partly a yellow and 

 partly a slate loam. Originally very rocky, it was never ploughed 

 before last Fall, when the lot was reclaimed from a woody, bushy 

 pasture. 



Last Spring it was cross-ploughed, and a large quantity of stones 

 carted off. The roots and small bushes were burned on the ground, 

 and the ashes spread over the lot. The ground was then harrow- 

 ed, crossed out in the usual way, the rows about four feet apart, 

 the hills about three feet apart in the rows. It was manured with 

 about five cords of stable and hog manure put in the hills, and 

 planted the 7th and 8th of May with six or more kernels to a hill, 

 of the Smutty White or Plymouth County corn. June 9th it was 

 cultivated and hoed the first time ; July 2d it was cultivated and 

 hoed the second time, which Avas all the hoeing the field had. 

 Sept. 15th the stalks were cut, cured and housed. The harvest- 

 ing was finished Nov. 2d, when we had 153 baskets equal to those 

 gathered and weighed by the Committee when on tlie ground, 

 making the yield 83 bushels and 37 pounds, at the rate of 87 

 bushels and 47 pounds per acre. The expense and profit I reckon 

 as follows : 



Crop Dr. 



