8; 



To C. K. Ordway & Son of West Newbury, crop 



of oats, first premium, 7 00 



To C. W. Nelson of Newburyport, crop of corn, 



first premium, 7 00 



To John C. Tarleton of West Newbury, crop of 



corn, second premium, 4 00 



As will be seen by the statements submitted the yield of 

 eorn on the various fields visited by your committee was 

 unusually large, — it being seldom that a piece of ground 

 produces one hundred and twenty-eight bushels of shelled 

 corn per acre, as did that entered by Mr. C. W. Nelson of 

 Newburyport. The variety which he planted was the 

 result of a cross made by himself, between an early and a 

 late kind, and which he has developed to a remarkable 

 degree of perfection. The ears were very large, the 

 kernels of unusual size, very regularly arranged and pre- 

 sented a handsome appearance. The stalks were not as 

 large as in some fields which were visited, — the ears being 

 produced nearer the ground. 



Very nearly approaching the field of Mr. Nelson, was 

 that of Mr. John C. Tarleton of West Newbury, which 

 yielded one hundred and twenty-two bushels of corn per 

 acre. One thing which we particularly noticed, was the 

 unusual height of the stalks, some of the ears being six and 

 one half feet from the ground, thus producing a large 

 <jrop of fodder in addition to the grain. 



The field of corn entered by Mr. Nathan Longfellow of 

 Groveland is deserving of mention as being . in many re- 

 spects in close competition with those already mentioned. 

 Had his corn been grown in hills as near together as 

 Avere Mr. Tarleton's, it is probable that the yield would 

 have been as large. 



In all three cases above described the natural condition 

 oi the soil was considerably better than the average farm- 

 ing land in Essex County. 



