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I hereby certify that appointed for that purpose by 



the Coniniiltec on crop, appeared before me, and took oath 



that he has ascertained tlie weight of the above crop, according to the regu- 

 lations of the State Board of Agriculture, on the day of 

 and that it was pounds. 



Justice of the Peace. 



In ascertaining the amount of crop, any vessel may be used, and the weight 

 of its contents once, multiplied by the number of times it is filled by the crop. 



To ascertain the amount of a corn crop, any vessel containing not less than 

 a bushel of ripened ears may be used, and the weight of the contents of one 

 of said vessels taken, and the number of vessels or baskets full noted. The 

 weight of its contents once, multiplied by the number of times it is filled by 

 the crop of ripened ears, shall be considered the gross weight of harvested 

 corn in the ears. One of said vessels full of ripened ears, of the average 

 quality and condition of the crop, shall be kept to December 1st, and weighed 

 in the ear, and also after it is shelled, and the amount of merchantable shelled 

 corn, as well as the amount of shrinkage thus ascertained. 



The certificate shall state the weight of all crops only in a merchantable 

 state. 



In measuring the land any competent person may be employed, whether a 

 sworn surveyor or not. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop, entered for premium, the measure- 

 ment of the hay in the barn may be employed. 



Committees on Crops, either of themselves or by vote of the Society to which 

 they belong, are authorized to select such number of crops from those entered 

 as may, in their judgment, be entitled to the premiums offered, and apply the 

 foregoing rules to these crops only ; — but in all cases as many crops shall be 

 examined under these rules, as there are premiums off'ered, if the number 

 of entries comes up to the number of premiums. 



KULE8 OF MEASURE. 



Practised and adopted by the State Board of Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangel "Wurtzel, Ruta-Bagas,''White Beans 



and Pease, 60 lbs. to the bushel. 



Corn, Eye, 5G " " 



Oats, 32 " " 



Barley, Buckwheat 48 " " 



Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye and other meal, except 



Oat, and English Turnips, 50 " " 



Parsnips, 45 " " 



Carrots, 55 " " 



Onions, 52 " 



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