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ments given of the cost of subsequent crops of small grains, 

 charges for manures left over from the preceding crop are seldom 

 made. 



The best mode of apj)l_ying the manure, too, is a question of 

 vast importance ; and the Committee would advise all those who 

 compete for premiums the ensuing year to apply to a portion of 

 their field, manure in the hill only, and to the other a like applica- 

 tion in the hill, with the addition of a good broad-cast dressing ; 

 and to note accurately the products, both in grain and fodder. 



The specimens of grain displayed at the hall were very fine, 

 and too numerous to particularize. We will only mention that the 

 Java Wheat, from a five-acre field of E. R. Andrews, of West 

 Roxbury, and the Spring Rye, from John Sias, of Milton, were of 

 marked excellence. 



We award to B. N. Sawin, of Dover, the first premium of eight 

 dollars, for his field of Indian Corn. 



To Aaron Bacon, of Dover, the first premium on his crop of 

 Wheat — six dollars. 



To B. N. Sawin, of Dover, the second premium on his crop of 

 Wheat — " Harris' Treatise on Insects." 



Grantville, Dec. 16, 1861. 



H. L. STONE, Chairman. 



STATEMENTS OF B. N. SAWIN. 

 INDIAN CORN. 



My experiment in raising Indian Corn was made on one acre 

 and eighty-four rods, as measured by R. Mansfield, Esq., the soil 

 of a sandy loam, on which I raised corn last year. 



The first week in May last I plowed the land once, with two 

 horses, (plowed eight inches deep,) then carted on and spread 

 seven cords of unfermented manure from the barn cellar, and 

 harrowed it in with the Bucklin Harrow. I furrowed with a 

 plow one way, and marked one way with cultivator teeth, mak- 

 ing the hills two feet six inches apart, from the centre each way. 

 May 16th I planted the whole field, put nothing in the hill but 

 corn ; a cultivator was used between the row^s twice ; the corn 

 was raked with a garden rake, leaving the surface level ; the top 

 stalks were cut September 7th ; the corn was harvested from 

 October 14th to 20th. The Committee selected two rods in 

 diiferent parts of the field, which they considered a fair average 

 of the field, which yielded 19 pounds shelled corn to the rod, and 

 allowing 'Ay pounds to the bushel, gave 82 11-14 bushels. I 

 found by measurement 130 baskets of ears — one basket shelled 

 20 quarts, which gave 81 1-14 bushels of shelled corn. 



