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Pearl was not able to complete his statement before Nov. 

 1st, but the committee were well satisfied that his crop 

 was worthy of the society's premium and we recommend 

 it to him on condition that he furnish a full report in sea- 

 son for publication in the Transactions of the Society for 

 the present year. 



Mr. Pearl's crop was a very handsome one, perfectly free 

 from weeds. He makes a specialty' of raising an extra 

 quality of English hay for market and prefers to seed 

 down with barley. He also showed the committee a field 

 of corn that we then thought would be worthy to compete 

 for the premium. 



At Messrs. Ordway & Son's, we viewed crops of rye, 

 oats and corn. The r3^e was raised on land which has 

 been reclaimed from an almost worthless condition to a 

 very fine piece of tillage land. The crop was well worthy 

 of premium, but the committee regret that on measuring 

 the land it was found to contain a trifle short of an acre 

 and therefore could not come within the rules of the 

 society. The oat crop was a remarkably good one for so 

 large a piece ; the whole field of over four acres averaging 

 fifty-eight and a fraction bushels per acre. Messrs. Ord- 

 way use no manure when seeding with oats, but manure 

 well the year before and in that way avoid raising a heavy 

 crop of straw at the expense of the grain crop. 



Messrs. Ordway and Killam both have heavy crops of 

 corn. Mr. Killam's field contained three and a half acres 

 and was a very even piece and we do not think he over- 

 estimates it stating that an acre would average as much 

 as the portion which was weighed. It was the heaviest 

 piece of corn for its size we ever saw, there being twin 

 ears of large size upon nearly every stalk. Messrs. Ord- 

 way have the advantage of easier laud to work and make 

 a much larger showing of profit, but we are well aware 

 that a farmer's profit largely depends upon his ability to 

 figure it out. But whatever their profit may be, both 

 Messrs. Ordway and Killam have raised crops which 



