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GRAIN AND OTHER CROPS. 



Claimants on Grain and Root Crops will be required to state the size 

 of the piece of land, when they enter, and conform to the following 

 rules: Entries of Grain Crops to be made on or before September 10th; 

 Root Crops on or before October 10; giving ample time for the crops to 

 be examined by the committee before harvesting. Statement to be made 

 in conformity with the following form, must be forwarded to the Com- 

 mittee previous to November 1st. 



All calculations and figures given in reports of, and statements of 

 Crops are to be made on the basis of an acre, results in all cases, to be 

 given at the rate per acre. 



In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agriculture 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 Agricultural Society. — Statement concerning a crop of 



, raised by Mr. , in the town of , , 1890. 



What was the crop of 1888 ? What manure was used and how much ? 

 What was the crop of 1880 ? 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 plough- 

 ing and other preparation? Amount of manure, in loads of thirty 

 bushels, and how applied? Value of manure upon the ground ? (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, including weeding and thinning? Time 

 and manner of harvesting ? Cost of harvesting, including the storing 



and husking or threshing ? Amount of crop, etc. Signed by , 



Competitor. 



The committee, to whom is entrusted the award of the premiums on 

 field crops, may award them according to their judgment, but for the 

 purpose of furnishing accurate statistics for the benefit of agriculture, 

 shall select certain of the crops, and require the owners therof to 

 measure the land and weigh the crops accurately, giving to the committee 

 a certificate 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. 

 In ascertaining the amount of crop, any vessel may be used and the 



