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PORM FOR STATEMENT OF CROPS. 



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

 ter 24 of the Acts of 1862, Agricultural Societies receiving the bounty of the 

 State are required to make use of the following form, and be governed by its 

 conditions, in the mode of ascertaining the amount of crops entered for 

 premium.] 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Statement Concerning a Crop of 

 Raised hy Mr. 

 in the Toion of 1866. 



What was the crop of 1864? 



What manure was used, and how much ? 



What was the crop of 1865 ? 



What manure was used, and hoAv much ? 



What is the nature of the soil ? 



"\'Vlien, and how many times plowe4, 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 9f 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 ? 



Competitors for premium are particular!}' requested to make any statements or 

 suggestions not elicited by the above questions, and -which may be valuable as contribu- 

 tions to agricultural information. 



K E i\I A R K S . 



Signed by 



Compelltor. 



From actual measurement, I hereby certify that the land which the above 

 crop of covered, contained rods, and no more. 



Acting Surveyor. 



