88 PREMIUMS. 



but, for the purpose of furnishing accurate statistics for the benefit 

 of agriculture, shall select certain of the crops, and require the 

 owners thereof to measure the land and weigh the crops accurately, 

 and give all possible information thereon over their signatures, and 

 return tlie same to the Secretary of the Society, to be published in 

 the annual Transactions. 



In ascertaining the amount of Crop, any vessel may be used, and 

 the weight of its contents once, multiplied by tlie number of times it 

 is tilled by the crop. 



The certificate shall state the weight of all crops only in a 

 merchantable state. 



In measuring the land, any competent person may be employed, 

 wliether a sworn surveyor or not. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop, entered for premium, 

 die measurement of the hay in the barn may be employed. 



RULES OF MEASURE. 

 Practiced and adopted by the State Board of Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangel Wurzel, 



Ruta Bagas, White Beans and Peas, 60 lbs. to the bushel. 



Corn, Rye, ■ 56 " 



Oats, 32 " 



Barley, Buckwheat, 48 " « 



Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye and other meal, 



except Oat, and English Turnips, 50 '' " 



Parsnips, 45 " '• 



Carrots, 55 '' 



Onions, 52 " 



GRAIN. 



Committee. — ^Ephraim Graham, Lunenburg; Geo. H. Grout, 

 Leominster; Levi Kendall, Fitchburg; J. M. Sawyer, Sterling: 

 Emory Farmer, Harvard. 



For the largest crop of herds-grass seed, not less than three 



