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fanner mainly depends to fatten his beef and pork, and to 

 give strength to his animals for labor ; and what could the 

 farmer himself do without a good supply of Indian bread and 

 pudding to give him strength for the labor of the farm ? It is 

 often said that we cannot raise corn on our rough farms for 

 less than one dollar per bushel, which we think is not true. 

 The average cost of the corn offered in this society for premi- 

 um this year, is not far from fifty cents per bushel, and we 

 think that with the use of labor-saving implements and a 

 bountiful application of manure, it can be raised at from fifty 

 to seventy-five cents per bushel, generally, which at the pre- 

 sent prices leaves a good profit for its cultivation. 



In closing this report we would say to our brother farmers, 

 raise more grain. 



JOSEPH UPTON, Chairman. 



Wm. W. Watson's Statement. 

 To Wm. W. Watson. 

 Sir : Your field of Java Wheat contains, 



2 acres, 91 3-4 rods 

 deducted for wet land 17 rods 



2 acres, 74 3-4 rods, 

 Surveyed by Charles Chaffin, Surveyor. 

 Princeton, Sept. 10, 1855. 



I hereby certify that on the above piece of ground I raised, 

 the current year, eighty-two bushels of Wheat, weighing sixty- 

 three pounds per bushel. Sowed six bushels of seed. No 

 manure this year ; about sixty loads were put on the same 

 last year for a crop of corn. 



Labor in sowing — man and oxen, eight days ; in harvest- 

 ing — man, six days. Threshed for one-twelfth part. 



WM. W. WATSON. 

 Witness. — Abel Green, 

 J. M. Watson. 



