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probable that some of our farm products, -which are now highly 

 esteemed, and generally cultivated, -would be found utterly profit- 

 less; -while others, less prized, -would, after deducting cost, be found 

 to give a fair per cent, of profit. But -who can tell what crop is 

 profitable, and what is not, unless the figures are kept ] And why 

 should farmers alone, of all the business men in the community, thus 

 blunder on in this hap-bazard way, utterly ignorant of their gains 

 or losses 7 



The exhibitors were as follows : — Amos Boulter, Daniel Chase, 

 Paul Knight and E. Blake of Standish ; C. H. Cressey, Moses Fogg, 

 AY. P. Hersey, M. ^Y. Moshier, 0. L. Hamlin and C. H. F. Smith 

 of Gorham ; G. W. Hammond, Cumberland Mills ; and G. W. Wa- 

 ters. To A. Boulter we award the premium. Two lots of seedlings 

 were shown, consisting of many new varieties ; one by E. H. F. 

 Smith, a lad of fourteen years of age; to him we recommend a 

 gratuity; and hope he will continue, as in times past, to aid in 

 making the show of the Cumberland County Agricultural and Hor- 

 ticultural Society interesting. To the other exhibitors, we express 

 the thanks of the Society for the very full representation made in 

 this department. 



Amos Boulter^s Statement. 



My crop of potatoes, consisting of 108 bushels, was grown on one- 

 half acre, being at the rate of 216 bushels to the acre. The soil 

 upon which they grew was dark heavy moist loam, about one foot 

 deep to subsoil, which is about the same, but harder. 



It was broken up last May ; harrowed once, and planted the last 

 of the month with Yellow and Pink Eyes, without any manure; 

 used about one spoonful of plaster to a hill; hoed once, and dug first 

 of October. No manure used on the land for seven years. 



Dr. Crop of Potatoes. Cr. 



Plowing half day, . . $100 108 bushels at 40 cents, . $43 20 



Harrowing, ... 33 Manure left in soil for future crops, 



Planting, . . . 2 00 , estimated 



Hoeing 14 days, . . 1 50 j 



3 bushels plaster, . . 75 ! $43 20 



Harvesting, . . . 5 00 j Deduct cost, . . 14 75 

 8 bushels seed, . 

 Interest on land, 



Profit, . . . $28 45 



Carrots. There were six lots of carrots presented, all excellent, 

 and pleasing to the eye of the farmer, as a certain other yellow 



