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The Corn of Joseph Goodrich was harvested September 

 6, twenty-three hills to the square rod, and the weight of ears 

 was 40 12-16 lbs. November 6, the ears weighed 30 14-16 

 lbs.; shrinkage 9 14-16 lbs., shelled corn 24 12-16 lbs., cobs 

 6 2-16 lbs. This would give on an acre, on the cob 4940 

 lbs., shelled corn 3960 lbs., cob 980 lbs.; and would give 

 70 40-56 bushels to the acre. 



The Corn of Cyrus Kilburn was harvested September 6, 

 thirty-three hills to the square rod, and the weight of ears 

 was 40 8-16 lbs. November 6, the ears weighed 26 10-16 

 lbs.; shrinkage 13 14*16 lbs.; shelled corn 20 lbs., cobs 

 6 10-16 lbs. This would give on an acre, on the cob 4260 

 lbs., shelled corn 3200 lbs., cobs 1060 lbs.; and would give 

 57 8-56 bushels to the acre. This falls below the society's 

 standard of weight, to entitle the competitor to a premium. 

 This field suffered in two ways : first, by being too thick both 

 in the row and in the hill, and, in the second place, from the 

 drouth, it did not fill out well ; it was very loose upon the 

 ear, consequently it was light. 



The Corn of Edwin D. Works was harvested September 

 26, twenty-three hills to the square rod, and the weight of 

 ears was 37 12-16 lbs. November 6, the ears weighed 

 32 2-16 lbs.; shrinkage 5 10-16 lbs.; shelled corn 24 4-16 

 lbs., cobs 7 14-16 lbs. This would give on an acre, on the 

 cob 5140 lbs., shelled corn 3880 lbs., cobs 1260 lbs.; and 

 would give 69 16-56 bushels to the acre. 



The committee award the following premiums : 



BEANS. 



First Premium to Cyrus Kilburn, $4 00 



BARLEY. 



First premium to Benjamin Safford of Fitchburg, 6 00 



Second premium to John G. Woodward of Ashburham, 4 00 



RYE. 



First premium to Joseph Goodrich, 6 00 



