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Exhibitors will bear in mind, that all articles for premium, must 

 be entered and arranged before four o'clock on the afternoon of 

 the first day of the Show. 



For the Committee, 



ED. S. RAND, JR., Chairman. 



October 20, 1855. 



REPORT ON GRAIN CROPS. 



The Committee on Grain Crops report five entries of Indian 

 corn, one of wheat, two of rye, one of corn and cabbages, and one 

 of corn and potatoes. 



The season was generally considered favorable to small grains ; 

 and from several parts of the county we hear of good crops, and 

 have seen many fields apparently equal to any that were entered 

 for premiums. The high price of bread-stuffs has induced many 

 to try the cultivation of wheat, and they have found it profitable. 

 From twenty to twenty-five bushels have been grown upon an 

 acre with but little more trouble or expense than would have been 

 incurred for a crop of rye. The general prejudice against the 

 cultivation of wheat begins to wear out, where it is found that fail- 

 ures do not result from our climate, nor from the fact that our 

 lands have been long under the plough, but mainly from over 

 stimulation with rank manure. Wheat sown on turned-in clover, 

 or on good land, well manured and cultivated the previous year 

 with potatoes, yields a fair return. Strong manure, applied 

 directly to wheat, causes the stalk to grow rank and tender, and 

 to be easily blasted. Numerous instances of success the present 

 year, justify the belief that our farmers will turn their attention 

 more and more to this crop. 



The season has been peculiarly unfavorable to corn. That 

 which was planted early and well attended to, yielded about an 

 average crop ; but nearly all was attacked by the early frosts so 

 severely as to diminish the amount of sound corn to a large ex- 

 tent. The smallest estimate we have heard is that of Mr. L. Clapp 



