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grass side clown, were used as a covering for the stone, and earth 

 returned to fill the drain to the original surface. Whole number 

 of rods of ditches, 240. 



Respectfully submitted by 



W. T. G. Morton, 



Per Wm. James Morton. 

 West Needham, Nov. 1, 1862. 



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REPORT ON GRAIN CROPS. 



The Committee report three entries for premiums on corn, two 

 for wheat, and one for white beans. One entry for corn was for 

 less than one acre, and one for wheat, the applicants failing to 

 give notice to the Secretary " ten days previous to the commence- 

 ment of any experiment," hence their claims for premiums could 

 not be considered. Although the yield of corn for which we 

 award premiums falls below some crops raised in years past, yet 

 from statements herewith submitted, it has proved a paying crop 

 in both instances. The Committee will suggest, as corn may be 

 counted among the surest crops of New England, that the pro- 

 ducer be a little more liberal in the application of manure, and, in 

 their opinion, the owner will be well remunerated for the trifling 

 extra expense. It is the opinion of your Committee that, with 

 good, judicious management, the cultivation of grain, particularly 

 coi'u, may be made profitable in our county. The field of wheat 

 offered by Dr. Wm. T. G. Morton went far towards doing away 

 with our previous opinion that wheat could not be successfully cul- 

 tivated in New England — for both the yield and quality of the 

 grain were quite equal to the average crop in the States where the 

 wheat crop pays best of all grains. The statement of Messrs. J. 

 W. Richardson & Son is further evidence that wheat may be cul- 

 tivated on soil adapted to its growth, in Norfolk county, success- 

 fully. The field of white beans, entered by H. W. Jones, proved 

 a successful experiment, and is quite suggestive, for often tlie 

 farmer may chance to have up more land than he has sufficient 

 manure with which to raise any other crops. 



We award to Hiram W. Jones, of Dover, first premium on 

 corn, $0.00. 



To Henry L. Stone, of Grantville, second premium on corn, 



p.oo. 



To Dr. Wm. T. G. Morton, of Needham, first premium on 

 wheat, $6.00. 



To Hiram W. Jones, of Dover, 1st prem. on white beans, $3.00. 



Grantville, Nov. 28, 1862. 



JOHN W. SHAW, Chairman. 



