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same, ten dollars ; applied equal to fifteen loads horse manure and 

 straw to the bill, the value being twelve dollars ; planted, the middle 

 of May, in rows four feet apart, the hills two feet apart, with about 

 ten bushels Jackson White, Orono, Garnet Chili, Early Goodrich and 

 Early Stearns jiotatoes ; cost of the same and planting, twenty dollars' 

 The weeds were pulled by hand and no other cultivation ; the cost of 

 same was five dollars ; harvested the last of October, at an expense of 

 tvvelve dollars. 



Cost of Seed and Planting, 

 " Inverting the Sod, 

 " Manure, for fifteen loads, 

 " Cultivatino- and harvesting, 



59 00 



GRAIN. 



The Committee on Grain, submit the following Report, and 

 award the premiums as follows, to wit ; 



The whole number of fields entered to compete for the Soci- 

 ty's premium was Twenty-one, many of which were withdrawn 

 before being examined; others being so meager that they. could 

 not come in competition. 



CORN. 



The field entered by Solon Carter of Leominster, had twenty- 

 two hills per square rod — 3520 hills per acre ; Aveight of shelled 

 corn per square rod, 41 1-2 lbs. — 118 4-7 bushels per acre, the 

 greatest yield ever reported to this Society. "Weight of cob to 

 the square rod, 6 1-2 lbs. 



To this field we award the Society's 1st premium, 815 00 



The field entered by Joseph Goodrich, Lunenburg, numbered 

 28 1-2 hills per square rod — 4560'hills per square acre. Weight 

 of shelled corn to the rod, Dec. 1st, 33 lbs.— 94 2-7 bushels per 

 acre. Weight of cob per square rod, 5 lbs. 



To this field we award the Society's 2d premium, 110 00 



