The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-11-16
4 List Of Premiums Awarded by the
roard Of Directors Of the Warrick
County Agri cultural Society, on

County Agri cultural Society," on
Field Crops. .'
The board Of Directors Of the Nerr'ek
County Agricultural S~icis'y. met on fnaAy
.he an aud saturday 9th, aud awarded The
premiums:
Malhlon Fly. bcsi 8 asrcs q wheat Sio;
!, sane. best acre, So, Amos Y WnshL
quarter ac.e sweet potatoes, -; y
M second best, So; same, beef iuA''
ter-acre irish potatoes 50 Israel heme"
way. best acre red top huy, -
Nt. Fay makes the following statement
% ne commutee on field crops:
Playground on which the wheat grew me-
been cleared obou, thirty years. ana ~ 'hs'
,nir,y. ~,wenu-ive years Il has bren 70 corr"
IA hadtv cultivated. Since | got u, ! have
aiaw.d, !, d,,o. and given il a succession 81
vhea, and corn. First toll-- upland so'''
,xo fee, deep, based on compact clay. Ssc
.ua-0,t crop p!owed 10 Isl Of August
1853 ThIrd, time Of seeding, September
aet. lS53. Saved broadcast, blue s's"
seed ot nv own -aisiig. Slowed rom Ws
N nchiue. Pio~ed the ground twice; h'''
breaking, 18th Of August; second srP'em'
her l5lh; depth Of breaking, q inches. 70
oer acre. intending seed and tiliase, ~ g.
: q .eales, WELD per acre, 80 bushels ana Is
mound, Average u ~ho.e crop, ~ bushels
+. and - pounds.
MI. Fay's five acres q wheat y'e'1e'
(. l66 bu.hsl. and II pounds; his one atfe'S Y
E bushels and rs pounds
Mr.. Wr'gnfS sls'ement = os ioiio"s' q
!. oue-iourih acre ID Irirh p0tAtoes'
!. My ground \ upland son. based On 81!
Tin.e " seeding. 4 b day Of july; saress
I pink eyes; quantity 10 bushels y Tie 1e'e
I M.de II cui,asstun: Powed once. c,n
mon depth; planted IN roSs. three ieel ~
, ~ay, aud lao lrel The cihrr; ~plu~'d 40
!. nord unce. Time Of harvesting. ~ !
y = vembor, 1859 Yield, so busaeis,"
\ The i~elsoAine i Mr. Wagnt's s,a.e'ael
10 sweet polatos, Ut d tAo quarter az
los:
sill same a. above. Tune 81 reefin.
q My 81; variety. con.mon RED; gaAn'ny,
bushels 10 lae acre. Msde 81 es1tis a'iv''
4. pioMel my groond twice, narrowed t~'c
\. then r,an,d il wishiwo hvrse p'oa by tnro'
I ,nr fuur lurrews together. ihsn go =
n, ylants from ~ 70 II inches apart. cfrs
I. Cd dow d The riigss .~ice Win i"s duf1nru
!. season. harvested about lhv ~ u y
tubsr, lS59; one III yielded lia tusheis, 4
n, .iher 1927 bushels"
Statement " Israel iiemsnwsy % Y
acre IT red top hay
The SOL an winch my grass wa- eros
: a black loan. Sewn h Ap'il. Sfs
yrars aro. Ksd Twp seed. NJ cnl'isa''
Nh Cut sbou, ID /. o. Iuiy, 1853. Yell III
pounds ID the acre.
n. III. kviih, vest , acres timothy =
80, same, best acre timothy nay : vi ~
Uesl acrc clover Iay. 81. Johns"" liy'
81. hest uuarer-acre white besns, 50: sa'
t4st acre N oafs 81.
Nh. Aeit's 5acrss q hny weighed :
~ si2 ~punn4s; uudlhe acre q timothy q
the pounds. his prre d cluver MY lip p,u4'
're State men'- q Johnson Taylor:
.Unlsnd clay. Tine w seeding, ,
- Glib. 1859; white beans, IL pounds, :
-
used. Broke ,he ground, Laid j oif infr"
'"A one wav, drilled he ,tbcr. aud rio"ed
'ofe hoed. The quarter acre yielded io Pou
-" The statement; n same gentleman ~ n
\" Soil uplrnd clay; time 81 sertlnr. ~
"' 25,h; variety, white cais. ls bushels
acre. Broke once. sownd bfcaacHs''
ken narrowed twice. Yield, 32l bushels.
ill.,, [warrick DemccFa