48 GRAIN. 



HUMPHKEY HARKIS'S STATEMENT. 



POTATOES. 



Gentlemen : The ground on which I raised these potatoes was a 

 piece of old pasture land which I took up and have now planted three 

 years, using eight loads of green manure the two first years. 



For the present crop I plowed the 15th of May, six inches deep; 

 harrowed with a cultivator harrow, and furrowed three and one-fourth 

 feet apart, putting on ten loads of manure. The 1st day of June I 

 planted six bushels of the " Harris" variety, and harvested the 16th of 

 October. The piece contains 72 square rods. 



I planted these potatoes just to show how much could be raised in so 

 cheap a manner. Tliis kind does not require as much seed as other 

 kinds, as I put only three small pieces in a hill, or I might say three 

 eyes, that is a great plenty. The soil is yellowish loam, on soft wood 

 land. 



Cost of plowing, &c., 



" Seed and planting, 



" Cultivating, 



'* Harvesting, 

 Value of manure, 



45 50 

 Weight of crop as certified' by Warren Marble of the committee, 

 Oct. 10th, 11628 lbs., or 193f bushels. 



GRAIN. 



The Committee appointed by the Trustees to award the Society's 

 premiums on Grain, consists of Cyrus Kilburn, Lunenburg; D. C. 

 Miles, Westminster; Abel Marshall and N. S. Boutelle of Fitchburg, 

 and ElKot E. Boyden, Leominster : and they would submit the fol- 

 lowing Report : 



They award the Society's premiums as follows : 



CORN. 



To Luther Page of Lunenburg, 1st premium, $10 00 



To George R. Carter, of Leominster, 2d premium, 8 00 



To Cyrus Killburn, 3d premium, Grasses Sr Forage Plants 



WHEAT. 



To Cyrus Kilburn of Lunenburg, 1st premium, 10 00 



