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The cost of growing the same and its value are as follo-ws : 



Dr. 



Crop of Rvta Baoras. 



To plouj^hing once, ^ day, . 

 4 cords barn-y;ird manure, . 

 3 Curds other manure, . 

 Cartinj^ and applj-ing the same, . 

 Harrowing and ridging. 

 Furrowing and sowing, 

 Cultivating once, hoeing and thin- 

 ning, 

 Weeding, 

 Harvesting, . 

 2 bushels plaster, 

 2 cwt. bone meal, 



S2 50 

 5 00 

 3 00 



1 00 

 75 



2 00 



Cb. 



$14 85 



By 345 bushels, at 13o per bush., 

 I estimate the one-half acre $10 at 



least better than before ploughed, 10 00 



$2G 00 



Deduct cos", 



854 85 

 26 00 



Profit, 



$28 85 



Second Premium to A. W. Jordan, Cape Elizabeth. Statement: 



"My crop consisting 350 bushels of 60 pounds to the bushel, was 

 grown on one acre. The soil upon -which it grew was sandy loam 

 with small stones. Have grown potatoes on this piece of land for 

 eight years previous which have been harvested from 15th July to 

 1st of August, after which time have sown English turnips and have 

 had good crops. 



The manure this season was put in hills 2| by three feet apart — 

 about eiglit cords to the acre, composted of equal parts stable ma- 

 nure and swamp muck with two cords seaweed. The turnips were 

 planted between the hills at last hoeing in the latter part of June. 



Dr. Crop of Rut a Bci^as. Cr. 



To sowing, .... 



Cultivating 3 tim^s. 



Hoeing once, 4 da3's, . 



Other cultivation and weeding, 



Harvesting, ...... 



Manure left in soil from former crop, 10 



$1 

 1 

 4 

 2 

 6 



00 

 50 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 



$;24 50 



By 350 bushels, at 40c, 



Deduct cost. 



Profit, 



S140 00 

 24 50 



$115 50 



Onions. Premium on \ acre to Cyrus Wheek-r of Waterville. 



Statement : 



"My crop, consisting of 200 bushels, was grown on one-half 

 acre, being at the rate of 400 bushels to the acre. The soil upon 

 which they grew was deep, mucky and rich, a sort of made land ; 

 has the appearance of having been at some time the bottom of a 

 swamp or swale. It was of a dark chocolate color, some two feet 

 to the subsoil, and was fine and very friable; the subsoil is a hard 

 clay. I have raised onions on the same land two years previous to 

 the present, or on the largest portion of it. and the crop was much 

 the best where it had been planted to onions before. I applied a 

 compost of stable, sheep and barn-yard manure, mixed with equal 

 poi'tion of muck, with some night soil, about six coids to the half 

 acre, and was careful to have it well intermixed with the soil by 



