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STATEMENT 



Concerning a crop of raised by Mr. 



in the town of ' 1S57. 



What was the crop of 1S55? 



What manure was used, and how much ? 



"What was the crop of 1S56? 



What manure was used, and how much ? 



What is the naiure of the soil ? 



When, and how many times plowed, and how deep ? 



What other preparation for the seed ? 



Cost of plowing and other preparation. 



Amount of manure, in loads of thirty bushels, and how applied. 



Value of manure upon the ground. 



When and how planted, and the amount and kind of seed. 



Cost of seed and planting. 



How cultivated, and how many times. 



Cost of Culiivation, including weeding and thinning. 



Time and manner of harvesting. 



Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking or threshing. 



Amount of straw or stover. 



Remarks — 



From actual measurement, I hereby certify that the land which 

 the above crop of covered, contained rods, 



and no more. 



From personal observation, hereby certify that 



the. above answers are true. 



I hereby certify that the weight of the above crop, as ascertained 

 by me, on the day of November, was pounds 



to the rod. 



Member of the Com. 



Crops of Corn, Grain and Beans shall be estimated as follows. 



One of the Committee shall, while the crop is standing in the 

 field, select an average rod and harvest it. He shall take home the 

 product, and husk or thresh it. The specimens from each of the 

 competitors shall then be placed in similar condition?, and all 

 weighed between the 1st and lOlh of November. 



For estimating root crops, one of the Committee shall select an 

 average rod, and weigh or see the same weighed. 



