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crop, and use it in connection with other manures for other 

 crops, as it may happen. 



Mr. Hubbard. Is not this kelp one of the secrets of your 

 success ? Those of us who live at a distance from the shore 

 cannot get that kelp. 



Mr. Ware. Very sorry for it, sir. It is a great advantage, 

 certainly. It is an advantage we appreciate fully ; and if others 

 cannot get it, we can't help that. 



Mr. Harrington, of Lexington. Have you ever used salt hay 

 for potatoes ? 



Mr. Ware. I have never used salt hay, because we don't 

 have it in our immediate vicinity, except what we buy for stock. 

 We always buy a portion of salt hay for our stock, because it 

 gives them a relish and makes them feed better. 



Mr. Harrington. With us it has been found profitable to 

 team it ten or twelve miles for the potato crop. 



Mr. Ware. I think that salt is a very valuable manure. I 

 would rather have it than a good many of the popular phosphates 

 and sulphates that sell for three or four cents a pound. 



A Member. I understood you to say you would not raise 

 potatoes for stock. Do you mean any kind of stock ? . 



Mr. Ware. I mean in preference to other roots. I would 

 raise other roots because I can get so much larger crops and so 

 much more income from an acre than from potatoes. 



Mr. Huntington. Suppose you wanted to raise milk, would 

 you prefer two quarts of potatoes to six quarts of carrots ? 



Mr. Ware. No, sir. 



Mr. Huntington. Did you ever try the experiment ? 



Mr. Ware. I can't say exactly as to that point. It is simply 

 my own personal opinion. I have no exact knowledge upon 

 that point. I know that potatoes make very poor milk. 



Mr. Dodge. Have you had any experience in planting 

 cabbages to kill twitch-grass ? 



Mr. Ware. Yes, sir. We in Marblehead don't care any- 

 thing about twitch-grass. Twitch-grass will grow anywhere ; 

 but it is most abundant where salt manure or salt has been 

 used. It seems to be in some way or other connected with it. 

 It is not uncommon for our old grass fields to have the twitch- 

 grass work in so as to make a complete sod. But we don't care 

 one pin about it. It is one of the easiest things to manage that 



