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EYE. 



3Iarshfield, Decemher 23, 1882. 



^here was one entry of rye. Thomas B. Blackman, largest 

 crop of rye on an acre, first premium, $5.00. 



S. C. STETSON, ) .y ... 



BAEKER SPEAGUE, [ ^^^''^^'^^^^e- 



MarsJifeld, December 12, 1882. 



Gentlemen : — The field of rye which I enter for premium 



contains two acres. This was ploughed, harrowed, and sown 



to rye about the middle of October, using one bushel to the 



acre. The rye was covered by using brush, and nothing more 



done to the field until the second week in May, when I sowed 



broadcast five hundred pounds of Bradley's Fertilizer's. I 



have threshed forty-seven bushels and twenty pounds of rye 



from the field, and judge there are five bushels yet to be 



threshed, making fifty-two bushels and twenty pounds. The 



straw I estimate to weigh from two and one-half to three 



tons. 



Yours very respectfully, 



T. B. BLACKMAN. | 



