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-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, includ- 

 ing 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 statis- 

 tics for the benefit of agriculture, shall select certain of the 

 ■crops, and require the owners thereof to measure the land 

 and weigh the crops accurately, giving to the committee a 

 <;ertificate of the same, and give all possible information thereon 

 over their own signature, 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 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 merchantable state. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop entered for pre- 

 mium, the measurement of the hay in the barn may be em- 

 ployed. 



Rules of Measure Practiced and Adopted by the State 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Euta Bagas, Mangold Wurtzels, 



60 lbs. to bushel 



White Beans and Peas 62 lbs. to bushel 



Corn, Rye 56 lbs. to bushel 



Oats 32 lbs. to bushel 



Barley, Buckwheat 48 lbs. to bushel 



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



50 lbs. to bushel 



Parsnips, Carrots 55 lbs. to bushel 



Onions 52 lbs. to bushel 



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, $6, 4 



