Statement of a crop of Corn raised by True Houtoon, of Union township, Champaign county, in the year 1861. The previous crop was corn; the soil is a black sandy bottom; no manure has been put on the ground for twenty-five years; the ground was broke up early in the spring, and seeded with the yellow" Anderson corn," 6 quarts to the acre; planted on the 16th and 17th days of May, in hills 3 feet apart; plowed five times with a shovel plow; product 88 bushels per acre. By the same: Crop of corn raised on clay ground; previous crop corn; no manure; cultivated same as above; product, Statement of a crop of Corn raised by J. L. Zɔok, of Salem township, Champaign county, in the year 1861. The land upon which this crop was raised, is King-Creek Valley bottom; previous crop corn; plowed in April, about 8 inches deep, with Michigan double plow; harrowed before planting; furrowed about 3 feet each way, and 4 stalks to the hill; planted 13th of May; the seed used was a mixture of Calico and Yellow; worked once with a harrow, and three times with shovel plow. Product per acre, 861 bushels, at 25c... Net profit... $21 58 4 03 $17 55 One acre of Barley, entered by R. Baker, for competition for premium offered by Lorain County Agricultural Society, 1861. The soil is sandy, and some stones; subsoil gravel and stones. The land has been in crops for several years, the grass seeds missing; the previous crop was wheat. The ground was manured heavily (say 20 tons per acre) in March; plowed 26th March, 7 inches deep; sowed broadcast, April 11th, 2 bushels "bald barley," thoroughly harrowed twice over; cut July 16th; carried into barn July 18th; threshed 19th October. The drouth injured the crop some, causing it to dry up some before it was quite matured, or there would have been a good yield. (Signed) R. BAKER. This is to certify that I measured one acre of R. Baker's barley, and assisted to weigh the barley from said acre, and found 28 bushels 29 lbs., at 48 lbs. per (Signed) C. N. WILLIAMS. bushel. E. T. Cox, being duly sworn, says that he raised a crop of oats upon one acre of land, measured by J. H. Cox, and that the quantity of grain raised thereon was 88 bushels, weighed, and the manner and price of culture was as follows: plowed April 4th; sowed 8th; cost per acre, plowing, 81; sowing and harrowing, 50c.; putting in barn, $1; threshing, $1 35. J. H. Cox, being duly sworn, says that he raised a crop of oats upon one acre of land, measured by E. T. Cox, and that the quantity of grain raised thereon was 95 bushels, weighed (32 lbs. per bushel), and the manner and price of culture was as follows: plowed corn stubble April 2d; sowed on April 8th; cost per acre, plowing, $1; sowing and harrowing, 50c.; putting in barn, $1; threshing, 81 50. (Signed) J. H. Cox. One acre of Oats, entered for competition by R. Baker, for premium offered by Lorain County Agricultural Society, 1861. The soil is a mixture of sand and stones on a part of acre, the other being black clay-loam; subsoil gravel and stones, and hard clay. The land has been in crops for several years. Manured in March, about 20 tons per acre; plowed 28th March, 7 inches deep; sowed broadcast, April 8th, 4 bushels per acre; harrowed twice over, with a pair of Scotch harrows; cut 25th July; carried into barn July 27th; threshed October 19th. Injured some by "army worm." Variety, English Poland Oats. R. BAKER. This is to certify that I measured one acre of R. Baker's oats, and that I assisted to weigh the oats from said acre, and found 54 bushels 29 lbs., at 32 lbs. per bushel. (Signed) C. N. WILLIAMS. (Signed) J. H. Cox, being duly sworn, says that he raised a crop of cane, upon one-fourth of an acre of land, measured by E. T. Cox, and that the quantity of molasses obtained was 874 gallons, and the manner and price of culture was as follows: plowing, 25c.; harrowing, planting, &c., 20c.; working, 81 50; manufacturing. $2 50. (Signed) J. H. Cox. J. H. Cox, being duly sworn, says that he raised a crop of cane, upon one fourth of an acre of land, measured by E. T. Cox, and that the quantity of molasses obtained was 92 gallons, and the price and manner of culture was as follows: plowing, 25c.; harrowing and planting, 20c.; the seed being raked till it sprouted; working, with plows and hoe, five times, $1 50; manufacturing, $3 00. (Signed) Statement of a crop of Timothy Seed. J. H. Cox. SEPT. 18, 1861.-I sowed a crop of wheat in the fall of 1859, and sowed the timothy seed and cut the wheat in 1860, and the timothy laid over till this year, and I cut one acre, and threshed and cleaned it, and measured in a sealed half bushel, and weighed the same, and the weight was 45 pounds to the bushel. The ground was black loamy soil, very rich. E. R. Shook certifies that he raised a crop of timothy on the land measured by John Hileman, and that he raised thereon 8 bushels weight or measurement per acre, in sealed half bushel, and that the manner of cultivation, as set forth above, is correct. E. R. SHOOK. Statement of a crop of Onions (two square rods), raised by David R. Cochran, of Harrison township, Champaign county, in the year 1861. The ground was a stiff blue grass sod, never before cultivated; is a black bottom; manured by stock in pasture, and one-third of a two-horse wagon load of well rotted chip manure, put on after the ground was thrown up into a high bed; seeded with between one and two ounces of the large red annual onion seed; drilled 14 inches apart, and thinned out, leaving the stalks from 3 to 4 inches apart; seeded the middle of April, and gathered the last of October. Product, 8 bushels, marketed at 60c.... Net profit. $4.95 2.00 $2.95 To Mr. John A. Barnett, of Yellow Springs, was awarded the premium on the Potato crop. He cultivated one-half acre, dropping the seed in furrows-furros three and a half feet apart, and seed dropped two feet apart; put upon each hill before covering a handful of rotten straw, then covered with a shovel plow, throwing a furrow up from each side of the row; during the growth plowed twice between the rows with shovel plow, the first time hoeing and hilling up slightly. Product of the half acre, 93 bushels; variety, White Neshannock. Statement of a crop of Potatoes. Eliphas Burnham, being first duly sworn, says that he raised the season past, on the one-fourth of an acre of ground, measured by Lucas Burnham, 82 bushels and 37 pounds of potatoes, of 60 pounds to the bushel. Said potatoes were of three different kinds, to wit: the Neshannock, the Dover, and the Black potato. Soil, a dark loam; planted about the first of May; ground marked off in rows three feet apart; potatoes drilled in, from eighteen inches to two feet apart, and covered with a plow. No manure put on. Have raised potatoes on the field every year for some twelve years; every second or third year put on at the rate of say twenty loads of stable manure to the acre; was manured last year. ELIPHAS BURNHAM. The Lake County Agricultural Society the past year appointed a committee from the Board to examine field crops, instead of requiring each competitor to procure certificates, affidavits, &c. That committee, at the annual meeting, made the following report: First premium to A. Greensit, of Mentor, on acre wheat, 33 bushels. do 25 do Harrison Carpenter, of Mentor, on acre corn, 156 bush. ears. do 120 do do on orchard of 50 trees and over. Asa Gurney, of Mentor, on acre potatoes, 274 bu, Peach Blows. L Cram, of Madison, M. L. Root, same quantity. G. S. King, of Madison, on acre clover hay, 4060 lbs. Mr. C. G. Beardsley, of Newton, raised fifty bushels of barley on one acre of his farm, which was cultivated as follows: turf fallowed in 1860, and a crop of corn taken off, without manure; April 25th and 26th it was plowed, seed sowed broadcast, and twice harrowed. Joseph Noyes, of Morgan county, was awarded first premium on a crop of turnips, raised on one-fourth of an acre (amount raised, 84 bushels). He makes the following statement : "Soil, sandy loam; fourth crop-first, potatoes; second, Hungarian grass; third, wheat. Ground plowed in the fall, after the wheat came off; planted to apple seed; cultivated until the 25th of July; turnip seed sown, raked in. Turnips raised, 84 bushels." John bingman, of Morgan county, was awarded first premium on a crop of sweet potatoes, raised on 41 rods of ground. He makes the following statement: "On the above lot of ground I raised fifty-two bushels of sweet potatoes, without manure of any kind, it being sand loam, river bottom." The Morrow County Agricultural Society awarded premiums on the following field crops, for the year 1861: First premium on 5 acres of corn to W. T. Sherman, 58 bushels per acre, raised on black loam elm bottom land, second crop, plowed deep with a steel plow, planted 4x4 feet, planted the 27th of May, with a large white variety of corn, averaging some 6 or 7 stalks to the hill, tended once each way with a fivetooth cultivator, and followed each time with a single shovel, once in a row; afterwards it was plowed each way twice in a row, and hoed after each plowing. Properly attested to. First premium on one acre of corn to Wm. G. Beatty, 1032 bushels on one acre, raised on second bottom, black loamy soil, being the first grain crop on said ground; broke in May, with a common plow, planted the first day of June, with a yellow variety known here as the Wallace corn; planted in hills, 3 feet apart each way, 3 to 5 stalks to the hill; worked through 3 times, once with a cultivator, and plowed twice. Properly attested. Second premium on one acre of corn to Wm. T. Sherman, 71 bushels on one acre, black elm bottom loam, broke quite deep; the third crop of corn in succession; planted the 18th of May, in hills 4 feet apart, with a yellow variety of corn, some 6 or 7 stalks to the hill; tended each way, first with a five-tooth cultivator, afterwards plowed with a single shovel each way, and hoed. |