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green, all strained and applied with an Empire King pump, with a 

 four-row sprayer attached, mounted on two wheels and drawn by one 

 horse. They were sprayed August 1st again with same mixture, and 

 again August 15, the green being omitted the last time. 



The tubers were smooth and little or no rot was found. The vines 

 remained green and fresh until deadened by frosts. Of the eleven 

 acres under cultivation there were only about eight actually in potatoes, 

 owing to the missing rows that were ocupied by the trees and the wide 

 headlands surrounding the entire plat. 



The cost of producing the two thousand bushels of merchantable 

 tubers was twenty-one and a half cents per bushel, or just about half 

 what the potatoes netted us in the market. The potatoes were taken 

 from the field to the car and thence to the Boston market. In com- 

 puting the cost of production forty dollars' worth of machinery was 

 included, which is now on hand with no great shrinkage in value. 



About sixteen acres of the seventeen are now set to apple trees and 

 under a state of cultivation similar to that of last season, and planted 

 to potatoes. To say the least, the trees are doing finely and the ones 

 set in the autumn of 1902 are making a promising growth. The soil is 

 a black loam and inclines toward the east. The orchard if well cared 

 for promises to be a "thing 'of beauty." 



