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yield that we should have very little trouble from Western 

 competition. 



Mr. Killam's statement on Corn Crop shows that good 

 yields of corn can yet be secured in Essex County, by a 

 proper selection of soils, and with only an ordinary quan- 

 tity of manure. 



Of the benefits to be derived from the growing of corn 

 in Massachusetts too much cannot be said. Many of our 

 farmers may be seen at the grain mills every day after 

 their supply of meal. This, I believe, is all wrong; for 

 while at the mills they are paying 60 cents per bushel, 

 they can grow a crop of corn of better quality and at less 

 cost, besides raising a crop of fodder on the same land 

 more valuable than a crop of grass. 



Mr. Killam's field yielded a crop of 88 bushels per acre 

 — a good crop certainly, yet crops of 60 or even 50 bush- 

 els per acre can be grown with profit, as our President 

 and other successful corn growers have shown ; and these 

 yields are not more than may ordinarily be expected if 

 suitable soil is selected and fairly dressed. 



Your Committee have awarded premiums as follows : 

 10.00. First premium, to James J. H. Gregory, Marble- 

 head, for rye crop. 

 10.00. First premium, to Oliver P. Killam, Boxford, for 

 corn crop. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John Q. Evans, 



For the Committee. 



