The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-02-18
Specifications of Fiel d Crops,
Entered for Premiums athe last Annual
Meeting of The addison County Agri-

Meeting of The -4ddison County -4gri-
cultural Society.
Spring WnEAr.--l. OLIVER SMITH,
of New Haven, offers for premium the pro-
duct Of one acre of Spring Wheat, measur'
ing SO bushels-by weight 81 l-2. Tho
soil sol was a red loan. poughed in the fall pre-
vious and sowe,Aihe Is! of April
bushels seed. Sowed on 20 'oads Of Manure
and cultivated it in. The seed ~as preissatf->
ed as Winter Wheat before described.
Awarded lst premium-S5,
2.--ALLEN SMITH, of Addison. enters for
premium crop of Black Sea Wheat, the
product ofone acre, easuring 33 l-2 BUSH
els-3i $3.50 by weight. The soil was black
muck, with clay bottom. Had corn on the
same land the wear previous. !, was ploush-
ed in The fax of 1850, five inches deep. Sow
ed l2 bushels, on the 9th Of May, with>
out any epnraion-,hc seed Black Sea-
of the Red Chati variety. Applied no manure,
Ashes, Plaster, or Lime. Harvested about
the 5ih August, with a sickle. Make beds
Of straw for cattle. Time of labor : l2 day
p!oughing; l2 day narrowing; 3days renp<
ing l>2 day drawing; l-2 day threshing
with machinc). The season was very dry,
but on the whole relty good. For rotation
OF crops, my land does best with Corn, il well
ended, then Wheaton the reverse.
This crop took the "a premium-Si,0 90.
3.-MARrIN CowLEs, Of New Haven, en-
lers for premium crop Of Black Sea Wheat
which measured SO bushels TO the acre-S4
81 GO by weight. The soil was compound
ed of muck, loan, and clay planted to po'
.atces, and manured, the year previous. 1t
was ploughcd few days before sowing,
or inches deep. The seed WAS washed
with lime, aud sown the 27th Of April, 2
bushels 10 the acre. Harvested mostly, Aug.
llth. Measured lhe frs, week in Jan. Tins
of labor ia days in poughing and SOW
ing The season has been rather favorable
the berry good, hut not go well filed as
usual.
Received the Sd premium $500.
CoRs. Specification Of LuMAS CASE,
Of Bristol, OF an acre of Corn raised by him
in 1851. The land is intervale. and this is
the fourth crop OF corn raised since it was
broken up. l. is IA piece OF land that in the
great freshet OF 1880 was covered with sand,
carried on by tho water in the river over
flowing its hanks. For the present crop it
was prepared as follows The corn hills of
the previous year were spill; with plough
running through them, and 25 one horfe
Wagon loads long manure were spread on,
rhe ground was ploughed twice aud thoro>
uslly narrowed 1t wos then fuirowed fee,
apart, easI aud west, and The hills . feet
apart. and As one horse Wagon loads at
good hog manure put into the hill, making
good large shovel full Ito hill, which was
covered from one TO one and half inches
with earth. There was then a large table
spoonful of plaster Of Paris and salt-mixed
l-3 salt and 2 pasler-put into each hill
when planted. 1t was planted the 22d Of
May, and pains were taken TO have the rOrn
properly spread in the hill when planted.
The corn was lhinned so Us to have stalks
a, the Is, time hoeine, and hoed well
times, NOT hilr,i up, bu, the hill lett fiat,
The fore part of August, cut out all HE suck
ers aud barren stalks. There were $500
hills on The acre, and but ten of them missing,
hose having been pulled by the Crows.
The salt and plaster think sure prevent
up on the 25lh day of september and pu,
into shocks, with bundles TO a shocA, ma
king POS shocks and $50 bundles. 1 he corn
was husked from the LIST 10 the S:h OF Oc>
tober. and the product Of sound corn wss
2sS bushels OF ears The corn Was almost
entirely sound, and two bushels ofears, when
sbelled, made one bushel and qis. of she'll
ed corn. weighing 60 l.2 lhs. TO The bushel.
The labor expended was PC i-2 days work,
including the husking-Ths Corn when
shelled amounted 10 1873 bushels and 25
quarts shelled corn, weighing 7Ass pounds,
making i23 bushels and so lbs. standard
weight. The corn is from 10 10 IA rowed
ears, originating from Northwestern Irbe
Of Indians in toe year isis, known by tho
name o.. the Tecumseh corn. II proves 10 be
a fortnight earlier than any other corn lev
er planted. LUMAS CAsE.
-Awaded Isl premium--s5.oo. There
was no competition,