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VEGETABLES, GRAIN, AND SEEDS. 



The reputation of this department is sustained by an exhi- 

 bition of vegetables and grain equal to former years. To 

 enumerate all the varieties would be a difficult work, for a 

 single wagon load contained thirty varieties, including new 

 seedling potatoes, squashes, corn, with the minor products of 

 the field and garden which make the household table pleasant 

 and inviting. The severe drouth did not prevent good crops, 

 and the rainy days at our Fair did not prevent an interesting 

 assembly. All our staple crops are yielding better crops as we 

 get more light, and open to the farmer the wonderful secrets 

 of plant life and growth. The corn crop is a good example of 

 the progress already made. It is affirmed that more than a 

 hundred bushels have been produced near the grounds of the 

 Society Hall the present season on one and one-quarter acres. 

 A large number of our farmers remain in doubt. Mr. David 

 Brown of Marshfield exhibited a specimen of his crop at a 

 later Fair, which was pronounced by Mr. Eussell, our new 

 Secretary, as good as can be grown on the continent. Your 

 Committee have no reason to doubt the statement of the com- 

 mittee who measured the field. The effort should continue in 

 the direction of accuracy, both in measuring the field and in 

 estimating the weight of corn. The skilful butcher will cor- 

 rectly estimate the shrinkage of the animal when killed ; why 

 cannot the farmer approximate to the truth when weighing his 

 crop ? It is now admitted by every progressive farmer that 



