i63 



GRAIN AND OTHER CROPS. 



Claimants on Grain and Root Crops will be required to 

 state the size of the piece of laud, when they enter, and con- 

 form to the following rules : Entries of Grain Crops, to 

 be made on or before September 10th ; Root Crops on or 

 before October lOfch ; giving ample time for the crops to be ex- 

 amined by the committee before harvesting. Statement to be 

 made in conformity with the following form, must be for- 

 warded to the Committee previous to November 1st. 

 • All calculations and figures given in reports of, and state- 

 ments of Crops, are to be made on the basis of mi acre, results 

 in all cases, to be given at the rate per acre. 



In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agri- 

 culture by Chap. 24, of Acts 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. 



Essex Agricultukal Society. — Statement concerning a 



crop of , raised by Mr. , in the town of , 



, 1896. 



What was the crop of 1894 ? What manure was used and 

 how much? What was the crop of 1895? 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 ? How used ? (What 

 amount of Commercial Fertilizer used? How used ? Value 

 of same when applied ?) When and how planted ? The 

 amount and kind of seed ? Cost of seed and planting ? How 

 cultivated and how many times ? Cost of cultivation, includ- 

 ing weeding and thinning ? Time and manner of harvesting ? 

 Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking or 

 threshing? Amount of crop,, etc! Signed by Com- 

 petitor. 



The committee, to whom is intrusted the award of the 

 premiums on field crops, may award them according to their 

 judgment, but for the purpose of furnishing accurate statis- 

 tics for the benefit of agriculture, shall select certain of the 

 crops, and require the owners thereof to measure the land and 

 weigh the crops accurately, giving to the committee a certifi- 

 cate of the same, and give all possible information thereon 

 over their own signatures, and return the same to the Secretary 

 of the Society, to be published in the annual transactions. 



