Page 6
History of Orange County
Town of Crawford
Page 6
AGRICULTURAL PREMIUMS.
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1820.
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Daniel Bull
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Best Farm of One Hundred Acres
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$20.00
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do
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Second best fat Oxen
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8.00
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Isaac Van Doren
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Best Ram
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5.00
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Moses Crawford
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Second best Flannel
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4.00
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Alex. Thompson
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Best pair of Blankets
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3.00
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1821.
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Henry Bull
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Second best farm of One Hundred Acres
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10.00
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Alex. Thompson
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Best and greatest quantity of Indian corn from two acres
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15.00
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Daniel Bull
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Second best Potatoes
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5.00
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do
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Best six Calves
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10.00
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do
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Best working Oxen
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15.00
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Moses Crawford
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Best blankets
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3.00
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Sam'l Stephenson
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Second best dairy Butter, from four cows
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10.00
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1822.
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Henry Bull
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Best three acres of Winter Wheat
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10.00
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Moses Crawford
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2,051 pounds of Butter from twenty cows. A large family used the season's butter.
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10.00
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Henry Bull
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Best six Calves
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8.00
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Daniel Bull
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Second do
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5.00
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Moses Crawford
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Best White Flannel
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6.00
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Mr. Gillespie exhibited specimens of very beautiful sewing silk.
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1823.
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Daniel Bull
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Second Best Corn, 87 1/2 bushels per acre
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5.00
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do
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Best Potatoes, 410 bushels per acre
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8.00
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Henry Bull
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Second best Potatoes, 240 bushels per acre
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4.00
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John Shorter
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Clover Seed
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10.00
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Moses Crawford
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Third best piece of dressed Woolen cloth
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4.00
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Absalom Weller
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Best piece of White Flannel
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5.00
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Moses Crawford
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Second do do
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3.00
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do do
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Best Woolen Coverlid
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3.00
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do do
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Best piece of Linen
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5.00
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Alex. Thompson
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Second do
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3.00
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Wm. Gillespie
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Third do
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2.00
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do do
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Second best Sewing Silk
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3.00
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1824.
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Daniel Bull
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Best four Calves
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6.00
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Alex. Thompson
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Best Potatoes, 480 bushels per acre
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8.00
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Henry Bull
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Second do 440 do do
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4.00
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