ON THE CULTIVATION OF i\Il.\ED AND GRAIN CROPS. 79 



For the premium of §10 for the best conducted ex- 

 periment in raising a mixed crop of corn and potatoes, 

 or mixed grain, on not less than one acre, there were 

 two claimants, viz : Asa T. Newhall, of Lynnfield, and 

 Daniel Putnam, of Danvers. The committee award the 

 premium of ^10 to A. T. Newhall. 



Their statements follow, and from them we trust the 

 readers of these Transactions will derive some valuable 

 knowledge. The two pieces of land on which the ex- 

 periments were made were very different in quality and 

 condition, and the amount of the crops obtained differed 

 perhaps accordingly. 



But the amount obtained was not taken into consider- 

 ation by the committee. Two questions, arising from 

 the consideration of the subject, required of them an 

 answer. The first, Do the experiments stated furnish 

 information to farmers of sufficient value to justify the 

 awarding of the premiums offered ? Which, being ans- 

 wered in the affirmative, the second question. Which of 

 the claimants has furnished the more valuable part of 

 this information? is answered by the award above stated. 



There was also presented for the consideration of the 

 Committee, a claim by Francis Dodge, of Danvers, for 

 the premium offered for Indian corn, and another claim, 

 by Asa Nelson, of Georgetown, for a crop of wheat. 

 In the opinion of the Committee, there was nothing suf- 

 ficiently novel or extraordinary, either in the mode of 

 culture or in the amount of the crops obtained, to war- 

 rant the awarding of the premium offered, to either of 

 these applicants. But as farmers, as well as others, 

 often require line upon line and precept upon precept 

 to induce them to do as well as they might if they would 

 only imitate the example set by the more successful cul- 

 tivators among them, the committee consider the state- 

 ments of these gentlemen well worthy a place in the 

 Society's Transactions, and recommend that they be 

 published accordingly. 

 Per order, 



ANDREW NICHOLS, Chairman. 



Topsfield, Dec. 1, 1843. 



