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Edward White raised thirty and one-half bushels of rye to 

 the acre; to him we award the first premium — $6.00. 



Edward White raised forty-three and one half bushels of oats 

 to the acre. Your Committee recommend that a gratuity be 

 awarded to Edward White, of Maishfield — $4.00. 



The rye and oats were raised on the dike meadow. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ELLIOT R. TILDEN, 



JOHN B. CHANDLER, }■ Committee, 



DANIEL BARSTOW, 



CORN ON ONE ACRE. 



STATEMENT OF F. P. ARNOLD, OF PEMBROKE. 



The acre on which my corn grew is a sandy loam, and has 

 been in grass since 1872 — cut 1,500 pounds each year, spread 

 on six cords of stable manure, ploughed eight inches deep^ 

 May 18th furrowed three and one-half feet apart, each way, 

 and planted the large yellow corn, supposed to be Compton's 

 Early, putting four kernels in the hill ; hoed four times ; har- 

 vested two rods, the weight of which was seventy-j&ve pounds 

 of shelled corn. I estimate that there was four tons of top 

 and butt stalks. 



