Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-02-14
windham County Agricultural Society.

The managers Of the Windham County Agricultu-
raj Society met at Fayetteville on the 9th inst for
the purpose of awarding the premiums on grain, and
arranging the premium list and appointing the COM
mttees for the current year, which last will soon be
communicated to the public in posters. The premi-
ums on grain were awarded as follows;
Best acre of Wheat, "a bushels per acre, to Calvin
Flint of Townshend $500
End do to C. Flint, 80 bushels, 3-5 quarts. 200
Best acre of Corn SO bushels, 2S quarts, to Lu-
ther Osgood, Brookline, $500
Best acre Of Barley, 40 bushels, to Asa Under
wood of Newfine n gratuity, S1OO
Mr. Flint's statement certified and sworn to accord
ing to the rules of the society, is as follows;
"The ground on which my wheat was raised last
broken up in the fall of 1857; the soil is
dry and the land slopes to the south and west In
the spring of 1858, planted potatoes on the piece on
which raised my best acre of wheat manuring in
the hill with about twenty loads Of green barn ma
nure, and raised very good crop. In the spring of
1869, spread thirty loads of manure TO the acre,
and put fifteen loads of compoted manure in the hill
that was carted out the preceding autumn, and plant
ed the piece to The crop good for that
year. In the spring of 1860, removed all the stones
that could be readily gotten at, ploughed the land to
the depth of about five inches, and narrowed the fur
rows level before sewing my wheat.
The other lot containing one acre and forty rods
was in the spring of 1855 part of it manured lightly
and planted with potatoes the remainder sowed with
buckwheat without manure. In the spring OF 1859
planted the piece to corn, manuring and managing
about the same with the preceding lot Last year
sowed my wheat, substantially alike on both lots, on
the cath of April, putting in five bushels of seed on
the two acres and forty rods of ground. My wheat
was reaped about the last of August"
Mr. Osgood states substantially;
"The soil on which my corn was raised is a sandy
loan, and was in average state of cultivation with
the remaining part of my meadow lot of twenty-five
or thirty acres. Three years since the lot which
my corn was raised was mown, producing light crop
of hay. The next May it was plowed with double
plow seven inches deep, and half planted to
first having been MANFRED with bushels of ashes and
so lbs Of plaster The crop very good. The 9th
half lay until the was harvested, when 1t was
plowed sowed to rye and seeded. As the grass seed
did not catch WELL between the 10th and 10Th Of the
May following spread on the land 10 ox.cart loads
of hay manure and us much more taken from under
| the shed 10 the barn, AMI plowed the land inches
deep, Afterwards narrowed it fine, marked il botl
ways three feet apart After dropping in each hill q
tablespoonful OF phosphate and plaster mixed in equa
parts planted 1t with the "Holden" corn four or five
kernels to hill, between the 18th and goth of May
After the out Of the ground put on bush
els Of ashes cultivang between the rows and hoeinl
three times leaving but four stalks in hill The
corn was topped about the last OF September, and
picked about the LIST Of November husked and cribbed
1t sheled the last Of January, measured and found
to measure SO bushels and rs quarts. This was one
acre taken from corner of six lot all of which
was planted with corn and which produced nearly rs
good crop us this acre. 1t was raised without inten
ton of competing for premium
Asa Underwood tcsties;
81 raised forty bushels of barley acre of land
of oany soil. 1t was broken up three years agC
and sowed with buckwheat. The next season it wa
planted to potatoes, first being MANFRED lightly in tn,
hill The next year put ON 20 loads of horse ma
nure aud planted corn. In 1850, sowed to barley
without manure"
The Board of Managers adopted resolution to thu
effect that all persons intending to compete for pre-
miums grain, shall notify the Secretary OF the So
eety in the month Of June Of their intention, and tn
committee on grain shall visit the fields before tn
crop is harvested.