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 FORM FOR STATEMENT OF CROPS. 



[In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agriculture, by- 

 Chap. 24, of the Acts of 1862, Agricultural Societies receiving the bounty 

 of the State, are required to make use of the tbllowing form, and be gov- 

 erned by its conditions in the mode of ascertaining the amount of crops 

 entered for premium.] 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Statement Concerning a Crop of 

 Raised hj Mr. 

 in the Town of 1863. 



What was the crop of 1861 ? 



What manure was used, and how much ? 



What was the crop of 1862 ? 



What manure was used, and how much ? 



What is the nature of the soil ? 



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



What other preparation for the seed ? 



Cost of ploughing 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 cultivation, including weeding and thinning ? 



Time and manner of harvesting ? 



Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking or 

 threshing ? 



Amount of straw, stover, or other product ? 



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