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raising corn, excepting in the dry part of the season I irrigat- 

 ed the field by turning a small stream of water from the 

 brook, around it, which kept it in a moderately moist state. 

 Truly yours, in haste, 



BENJAMIN WYMAN. 

 Westminster, Oct., 1855. 



'Joseph Smith's Statement. 

 The field of corn I offer for premium, is part of one and a half 

 acres of land on which wheat grew the last year. I spread 

 ten loads manure of thirty bushels each, which, together with 

 the stubble was ploughed in about the 20th of May. 1 then 

 furrowed each way, the rows being 3 feet 4 or 5 inches distant, 

 and applied 10 loads of compost manure in the hill. 

 Expense of labor, &c. : — 



Twenty loads of manure, - $20 00 



Labor of applying the same, - 3 00 



Plowing the land, - - - 2 50 



Furrowing and planting, - 2 50 



Hoeing the same twice, - - - 4 00 



$31 50 



EOOT CROPS. 



Experiments in Raising Potatoes and Cranberries, 



and Experiments testing the comparative 



value of different kinds of Manure. 



Committee. — Messrs. Elisha Murdock, Winchendon ; Benjamin Snow, Jr., 

 Fitchburg; Hobart Spencer, Ashhy ; Samuel Burnap, Addison Hubbard, 

 Fitchburg. 



On Carrots. Seven fields were entered for premium. 

 The Committee award the 



1st premium to Wm. J. Clifford, of Fitchburg, $3 00 



2d " " Joel Hayward, of Ashby, 2 00 



