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consideration, whether some improvement cannot 

 be made in the principle of awarding premiums. 

 At any rate they think it may be some evidence 

 of an advanced state of agricultural knowledge, when 

 the greatest amount of produce shall not be deemed 

 conculsive proof of the best cultivation. 



The statement of Mr. Williams was not received 

 until after the committee had awarded upon the 

 claims previously submitted. 



For the committee, 



N. W. HAZEN. 



September 30, 1840. 



SABIUEL STUART's STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on the Cultivation of Crops. 



Gentlemen — I offer for premium, a crop of winter 

 rye, raised on the Town farm, in Haverhill. The 

 land is a part of the great plain, (so called) and lies 

 immediately on the northern side of the Merrimac 

 river. The soil is a sandy loam, usually called 

 intervale. 



In the fall of 1838, the rye stubble, and weeds 

 were ploughed in. The first week in July, 1839, it 

 was again ploughed, and rather more than two acres 

 sowed with buckwheat. Weeds of various kinds 

 sprang up on the remainder of it, and during the first 

 and second weeks in September, the whole green 

 crop, which was quite large, was turned under, and 

 the land sowed with six bushels of rye. For sever- 

 al years no other manure has been applied to this 

 part of the farm, than stubble, weeds, &c., ploughed 

 in. At the usual time the crop was harvested, and 

 yielded one hundred and seventy seven and one 

 eighth bushels. 



You will perceive by the accompanying certificate, 



