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drought, either top or bottom, and they cannot omit availing 

 themselves of this opportunity of congratulating him upon the 

 evidence presented to them of his improvement in good hus- 

 bandry ; the present year he taxed his land with the growth of 

 one crop only ; the last year the Committee were of opinion that 

 he was cultivating on the same land, one crop for its roots and 

 another for its seed, carrots and Roman wormwood ; and that 

 it would have been better to have those crops separate, provided 

 he could promise himself any advantage from the giowth of so 

 noxious a weed. 



The Committee then viewed the field of Jonas Hartshorn. The 

 crop had somewhat suffered from the dryness of the season, or 

 from a rust which had visited the crop. Some of the tops on 

 different parts of the field had decayed, and also some of the 

 bottoms. 



They then proceeded to the house of Harvey Dodge, in Sut- 

 ton, to examine his crops both of carrots and of sugar-beets. 

 The land appeared in good condition, and had been well culti- 

 vated. Although the product of his land might have been less 

 in consequence of the dryness of the season, the growth did not 

 show the evidence of it that was witnessed on the fields of 

 Messrs. Hammond and Wheeler, and, in a less degree, on the 

 land of Mr. Hartshorn— -that of the decay of both tops and roots, 

 or either of them. Some of the carrots which they pulled 

 were larger than any other which they had seen. The rules of 

 the Society require that the statement of the competitors shall 

 be filed with their Recording Secretary before the 15th day of 

 November ; on that day, no such statement was in the possession 

 of that officer, or of the Committee, except the one furnished by 

 D, Waldo Lincoln. The Committee were of opinion that the 

 other competitors were excluded from receiving a premium by 

 their own neglect, however strong might be their claims in other 

 respects ; and they have, therefore, awarded to D. Waldo Lin- 

 coln the first premium of $8, for his crop of carrots. 



Messrs. Hartshorn and Dodge subsequently furnished their 

 statements ; that of the former was not accompanied by the ne- 

 cessary certificates ; that of the last-named gentleman contains 

 much useful information, which, it is regretted, was not received 



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