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This may certify, that I measured the forementioned crop of rye, 

 taken from the said ground, and that the above statement is true, 



HORACE SEARLES. 

 Ipswich, Sept. 19th, 1845. 



This may certify, that at the request of Mr. Aldred Newton, I 

 have surveyed a piece of land, a rye stubble, situated in Ipswich, 

 and find the contents to be, one acre and one hundred and twenty- 

 four rods. AARON COGSWELL, Jr., Surveyor. 



Ipswich, Sept. 19th, 1845. 



THOMAS MCMAHONS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Grain Crops : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for premium a crop of rye, forty-nine bush- 

 els and five quarts, the produce of one acre and sixty-five rods of 

 land, sown in October last. It had a light dressing of fine manure 

 on the furrow of a part of the land, and a corn crop the previous 

 year. THOMAS M'MAHON, 



Ipswich, Sept, 23, 1845, 



The undersigned measured the grain as above, and found the 

 same as stated, forty-nine bushels and five quarts, 



AARON WAI.LIS, 

 DAVID ANDREWS. 

 Ipswich, Sept, 23, 1845, 



This may certify, that I have this day surveyed a piece of land, a 

 rye stubble, for Mr. Thomas McMahon, of Ipswich, and find the 

 contents one acre, sixty-five and a quarter rods. 



AARON COGSWELL, Jr , Surveyor. 



Ipswich, Sept. 22d, 1845. 



ON FARMS. 



The Committee of the Essex Agricultural Society on Farms, 

 Report : 



That although the Society, from its earliest period, has offer- 

 ed liberal premiums for the best cultivated farms, still the far- 



