PREMIUMS. 



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What was the crop of 1864 ? 



What manure was used, and how much that year ? 



What is the nature of the soil ? 



When and how many times plowed, and how deep, for the 

 present crop ? 



What other preparation for the seed ? 



Cost of plowing and other preparation ? 



Amount of manure, in loads of thirty bushels, and how 

 applied, for the present crop ? 



Value of manure upon the ground ? 



When and how planted, and the amount and kind of seed ? 



Cost of seed and planting ? 



How cultivated, and how many times. 



Cost of cultivation, including weeding and thinning ? 



Time and manner of harvesting ? 



Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking, or 

 threshing ? 



Amount of straw, stover, or other product ? 



REMARKS. 



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Signed by 



Competitor. 



From actual measurement, I hereby certify that the land 

 which the above crop of covered, contained rods, and 

 no more. 



From personal observation, we hereby certify that the 

 above answers are true. 



I hereby cortify that the weight of the above crop, as 

 ascertained by me, on the day , was pounds. 



In ascertaining the weight of a crop, an average rod shall 

 be selected, harvested and weighed, by one or more members 

 of a committee, and the whole estimated by multiplying it 

 by the number of rods. 



The certificate shall state the weight of all crops only 

 when in a merchantable state. 



