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In the Taconic district, the reported crops are as follows : 
James T. Green, of Jackson, Washington county, raised 44 bushels and 3 pecks of wheat upon one 
acre. The land had been cleared five years, but no crop had ever been taken from it. The seed sown 
was la bushel per acre. 
James Stephenson, of Argyle, Washington county. The field contained 4 acres, and had lain to 
pasture 3 years: the 4 acres yielded 44|| 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 
21 a bushels per acre. 
In the Southern district, the following crops are reported : 
A.rtemas Bigelow, of Benton, Yates county, raised 87 bushels of wheat upon two acres, equalling 
43a 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, 421 bushels of wheat. 
Reports of premium crops might be still farther multiplied, hut 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 99-36f of the China-tree corn per acre, each bushel 
weighing 56 pounds. From another statement, we learn that 921 bushels of maize per acre were raised 
by Elias I. Ayers. 
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. New r hall. 
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 1821 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, 7Qi bushels of maize to the acre: the land had 
