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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 merchanta- 

 ble state. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop entered for premium, the 

 measurement of the hay in the barn may be employed. 



Riles of Measure Practiced and Adopted by the State 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Ruta Bagas, Mangold Wurtzels, 



(50 lbs. to bush. 

 White Beans and Peas, 02 " " 



Corn, Rye, 50 " 



Oats, 32 " 



Barley, Buckwheat, 48 " •' 



Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye, and other meal, except Oat, 50 " 

 Parsnips, Carrots, 55 " " 



Onions, 52 " 



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

 bushels to the acre, fifty-six pounds to the bushel, on not less than one 

 acre, premiums, #10, 5 



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

 bushels to the acre, sixty pounds to the bushel, on not less than one acre, 

 premiums, #10, 5 



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

 to the acre, thirty-two pounds to the. bushel, on not less than one acre, 

 premiums, #10, 5 



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

 bushels to the acre, forty-eight pounds to the bushel, on not less than 

 one acre, premiums, $10, 5 



5. For best conducted experiments of Indian Corn, not less than one 

 acre, premiums, #10, 5 



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, pre- 

 miums, #10, 5 



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

 not less than twenty-five bushels per acre, premiums, #10, 5 



