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Manure, 30 tons 



Manure, 15 tons, fertilizer 250 lbs. 



Complete fertilizer, 1,000 lbs 



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Check, no fertilizer used 



Bone meal, 1,000 lbs 



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Ashes, 2,500 lbs 



Manure, rotted, 20 tons 



Check, no fertilizer used 



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8alt, 500 lbs 



Marsh mud, 100 tons 



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The crop of clover and timothy hay on the upland was fairly good this season. 

 Forty-three acres yielded 70 tons 1,265 lbs. 



The hay on the marsh was only a fair crop. Forty-two acres yielded 62 tons 

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The total hay crop was 132 tons 1,745 lbs. 



SUMMARY OF CROPS GROWN" EXCLUSIVE OF UNIFORM TEST PLOTS 



OF GRAIN AND POTATOES. 



Grain. 



Total Yield. Total Yield. 



Bush. Lbs. Lbs. 



Mixed grain 659 20 22,380 



Oats 370 18 12,598 



Barley 106 18 5,106 



Buckwheat 30 1,440 



Wheat 16 56 l'oi6 



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Bush. Lbs. 



Turnips (field crop) 3,741 56 



Turnips (test plots) 194 



3,935 56 118 



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