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in lime ; applied after planting three huntlred and thirty-six pounds 

 of guano and seven cords of compost ; cost of culture, $530. 



N. P. Pattangal raised five hundred and sixty bushels of ruta- 

 baga turnips on land which was in grass the previous year ; applied 

 in drills, eighteen cords compost manure per acre. 



Seth Gerry raised two hundred and eighty-two bushels of potatoes 

 on one acre of land, in barley last year. Manured in the hill with 

 barn manure. 



N. P. Pattangal raised two hundred and twenty-five bushels of 

 common red potatoes grown on one acre of land, in grass the year 

 before ; manured with sixteen cords compost ; compost made as 

 follows : equal parts of fresh muck, barn manure and l"Ockweed. 



Seth Gerry raised white beans at the rate of thirty-two bushels 

 per acre, on land in corn last year. Applied sixteen cords of barn- 

 yard manure. 



Otis Lincoln raised French carrots at the rate of six hundred and 

 forty bushels per acre, on land in grass last year. Applied the 

 following compost : swamp muck, rockwced, barn-yard manure. 

 Used seven cords. 



