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Statement of James Guptill on potatoes. I raised two hun- 

 dred bushels of potatoes from one acre of g^ound. The man- 

 ner of operation : In the fall, I plowed one acre of grass ground ; 

 in the spring, liarrowed it, and then cross plowed it; theft 

 harrowed, and again furrowed it three and a half feet apart, 

 six inches deep ; and then I chained it the same distance ; ma- 

 nured it in the hill, one-half with long manure; and then I plas- 

 tered the whole, dropping the plaster on the»manure ; and I got 

 more potatoes where I did not manure. A true statement of 

 the above operation. 



James Guptill. 



J. 0. Fessenden of Brownfield, raised fifty bushels of oats on 

 an acre of intervale; sandy and loamy soil. Statement and 

 certificate give no particulars as to cultivation or cost. 



Also, ninety-two busliels ''Pink Eye " potatoes on a half acre 

 of sandy loam, which had been in grass five years previous; 

 four cords long manure applied ; plowed in fall, harrowed next 

 spring; cross-cut and harrowed again; furrowed and plastered 

 three and a half feet apart each way ; added plaster and ashes 

 in hill. 



James Walker of Fryeburg, showed grade Devon bull which 

 he esteems for hardihood and docility. A boar, half Suffolk, 

 which breed he " regards as superior on account of their docili- 

 ty and quietness,, thrift and readiness or natural inclination to 

 take on fat." Also, twenty sheep, a cross of Saxony and Lei- 

 cester, which he " esteems for the grade of and size of sheep," 

 easily '-'kept on meadow hay in winter and meadow pasture in 

 summer." 



Mrs. S. Stickney of Brownfield, exhibited bread made of home 

 grown wheat, as follows : 



Six quarts of flour, one (piart new milk, lialf cup of yeast, put 

 into the middle of the flour; stir a little, then cover the batter 

 with dry flour ; let it stand till it rises, then add milk suflicient to 

 mould, and one tea spoonful sala?ratus ; then put into tins and 

 set a short time, and bake three-fourths of an hour. 



Brown Bread. Four parts rye, three parts Indian, and half 

 as much mixing as meal before it was sifted; a little salairatus, 



