ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. 
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From the report of this Committee, we select such portions 
as will illustrate the character of the 8th Annual Fair, which 
was held on the Society’s Grounds at Union Grove, on the 
28th and 29th days of September, and the condition of the 
agriculture of Racine county. 
The Committee appointed to award premiums on Farms and 
Reclaimed Lands, were glad to see an increased interest mani¬ 
fested among the farmers of Racine County, in competing for 
the Farm Premiums, and make the following awards, viz: 
To Jesse Ingersoll, town of Raymond, for the best cultivated Farm,.$10 
To Renssalaer Cross, of Raymond, for the second best, .do.do. 4 
To John Ellis, of the town of Racine, for the best 20 acres of Reclaimed 
Land, 1st premium.. 6 
The reasons for the farm awards, are as follows: 1st, good 
judgment in the general arrangement of the farm; 2d, the fact 
that the fences were in good condition and taste; 3d, the excel¬ 
lent manner in which the fields were cultivated. We were glad 
to see that on these two farms the old fogy notion of cross 
plotting has been rejected, as doubling the dead furrows of the 
field and making numerous places for the water to collect and 
stand, to the injury of the growing grain. 
Another interesting feature of the plowing, especially on 
Mr. IngersolPs farm, was the narrowness of the dead furrow; 
instead of throwing the last furrow of each land as far as pos¬ 
sible from each other, as is too often done, the plowing of the 
old land was continued with that of the new, until the furrow 
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became a single furrow through deep plowed soil. The advan¬ 
tage of this method of plowing is, that it gives as strong and 
vigorous grain on the very verge of the dead furrow, as upon 
the center of the land; this, of course must greatly increase 
the quantity of the crop upon all ground which, from excessive 
moisture, requires to be plowed into narrow lands. 
The Committee on Horses have pleasure in saying, that 
