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In the Taconic district, the reported crops are as follows : 



James T. Grorn. of Jackson, Washington county, raised 44 bushels and 3 pecks of wheat upon one 

 acre. The land had l> • o cli and five years, but no crop had ever been taken from it. The seed sown 

 was 11 bushel p<r ai 



James Stephenson, of Argyle, Washington county. The field contained 4 acres, and had lain to 

 pasture 3 years : the 4 acres yielded 44|f bushels. 



In 1841, Washington County Society awarded their first premium to John A. M'Neal, for having 

 raised 29 bushels of wheat per acre; and the second premium to Alanson Cherry, for having raised 

 2 1 1 bushels per acre. 



In the Southern district, the following crops are reported : 



Artemas Bigelow, of Benton, Yates county, raised 87 bushels of wheat upon two acres, equalling 

 43^ bushels per acre. Over the two acres from which this crop was taken, 30 bushels of the ashes of 

 burnt wheat straw were spread. In addition to this, the field received 30 wagon loads of compost, 

 made of barnyard manure, ashes, and lime well slacked, upon which plaster was sprinkled in successive 

 layers: this was spread and ploughed in. 



In Cortland county. Oliver Shedd raised, from 219 square rods, 42J bushels of wheat. 



Reports of premium crops might be still farther multiplied, but we deem it unnecessary, 

 inasmuch as they all amount to about the same average ; some exceeding a few bushels, 

 and others falling short in about the same ratio, the favorableness or unfavorableness of 

 the season increasing or diminishing the crop in the same district. 



Premium crops of maize. 



The New- York State Society awarded, in 1841, a premium to William Ingalls, of Oswego county, 

 for raising 142 bushels of maize on one acre of land; and another or second premium to I. F. Osborn, 

 for raising 144 bushels on an acre: the measurement, however, was not wholly satisfactory. 



The Tompkins County Society report, that 113 bushels of the Dutton corn was raised per acre; 

 105-51 bushels of Brown corn per acre, and 99*36| of the China-tree corn per acre, each bushel 

 weighing 56 pounds. From another statement, we learn that 92i bushels of maize per acre were raised 

 by Elias I. Avers. 



The Orleans Agricultural Society report a premium for 112 bushels and 30 quarts per acre. 



The Niagara County Society gave a premium for 106 bushels and 44 lbs. of maize per acre; also 

 71 bushels per acre were raised by Mr. Newhall. 



The Washington County Society gave a premium to Job Eldreds for having raised 122 baskets upon 

 an acre, each basket holding lif bushels of maize. 



Mr. Woodward, of Onondaga, raised 1460 bushels of maize on 20 acres, making an average of 73 

 bushels per acre. Mr. Hiram Church, of the same county, raised 200 on 4 acres, giving an average of 

 50 bushels. 



The State premium for 1845, for the best crop of indian corn, was awarded to George Vail, esquire, 

 of Rensselaer county. The field upon which it grew lies two miles east of Troy, and the soil is derived 

 from the Taconic slate. The crop was 182i bushels, the largest, or one of the largest, ever raised in 

 the State. This great yield, however, was the result of full and free manuring. 



Mr. Geddes, of Onondaga county, raised, in 1844, 704 bushels of maize to the acre: the land had 



