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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. 



In measuring the land or weighing crops, any competent 

 person may be employed, whether a sworn surveyor or not, 

 and must give certificate. 



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

 merchantable state. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop entered for 

 premium, the measurement of the hay in the barn may be em- 

 ployed. 



Rules of Measure Practiced and Adopted by the State 

 Board op Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, RutaBagas, 



Mangold Wurtzels, 

 White Beans and Peas, 

 Corn, Bye, 

 Oats, 



Barley, Buckwheat, 

 Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye, and other meal, 



except Oat, 50 '' 



Parsnips, Carrots, 55 " " 



Onions, 57 " " 



1. For the best conducted experiments of Rye, not less 

 than twenty bushels to the acre, fifty -six lbs. to the bushel, on 

 not less than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



2. For best conducted experiments of Wheat, not less than 

 thirty bushels to the acre, sixty lbs. to the bushel, on not less 

 than one acre, premium, $7, 4 



3. For best conducted experiments of Oats, not less than 

 fifty bushels to the acre, thirty-two lbs. to the bushel, on not 

 less than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



4. For best conducted experiments of Barley, not less than 

 forty bushels to the acre, forty-eight lbs. to the bushel, on not 

 less than one acre, premiums, .^7, 4 



5. For best conducted experiments of Indian Corn, on not 

 less than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



6. For largest quantity and best quality of English Hay, 

 on not less than one acre, regard being had to the mode and 

 cost of cultivation, premiums, ^7, 4 



7. For best yield of Field Beans, on not less than one-half 

 acre, and not less than twenty-five bushels per acre, premiums, 



$7,4 



