45 



Profit per acre, $56.59 



In the above statement we have put the value of the corn at $1 

 per bushel, which is about 8 or 10 cents below the present value. 

 But of this, as well as the other estimates, the Committee can 

 judge for themselves. The labor, although higher than many re- 

 ports that we have seen, we think is as low as we should be willing 



to do the same for any other person. 



E. &. J. SiAS. 



P. S. Our butts and husks, which were moist at the time of 

 husking, ^ye have salted down with thin layers of fresh hay, in 

 which way they make valuable fodder, especially for young cattle. 



Milton, Nov. 9, 1855. 



First premium of $8, to Messrs. E. & J. Sias, of Milton. 

 Second premivim, of $5, to Mr. Josiah F. Twombly, of Milton. 

 Third, of $3, to Mr. P. Ruggles, of Milton. 

 First premium on wheat, $6, to Mr. A. L. Smith, of Dover. 



The Committee regret that several other statements which were 

 expected, Avere not received in season. Many fields of corn, not 

 entered for premiums, have come under the notice of the Commit- 

 tee, and of others they have heard the most flattering accounts. 

 A gentleman in Doi-chester, has probably 500 bushels of shelled 

 corn from five acres. In another town in that vicinity, five acres 

 are thought to have yielded four hundred bushels. In several 

 towns we have seen fields estimated at from forty to seventy bush- 

 els per acre. When we remember that the average crop in the 

 county is not over thirty bushels, these results are extremely grat- 

 ifying. They encourage new efforts on the part of farmers — not 

 to gain premiums only, but to get from their land the largest crops 

 with the least comparative expense ; at the same time leaving 

 their soil in best condition. 



