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a gi^■eu hour, living as they did ou se\eral lines of railroad, 

 without considerable loss of time to one or more members of 

 it. We therefore suggest, that as far as it can be done with- 

 out sacrificing more important considerations, the Committee 

 on IJoots be made up of members residing in towns along the 

 same line of road. From the fact, that in one instance, after 

 visiting the crop entered, the land on which it grew pro\'ed to 

 be of too small area to answer the requirements of the 8g' 

 ciety, the Committer have also recommended that for the fu- 

 ture the area of the land be ascertained before the crops are 

 •entered and be ijiven to the Committee at the time of enterino;. 

 The crop of Potatoes bv ]\Ir. AVinkley was of one of the 

 new Aarieties, raised by ]Mr. Albert Bresee, of Vermont ; and 

 known as No. 0. or Peerless. This crop, as will be seen in 

 •the accompanying report, was enormous, being at the rate of 

 nearly 422 buslicls to the acre. In yield. No. () is fully equal 

 to the famous Harrison, while in quality it is much superior; 

 though hardly equal, I think, to its elder brother, the Earlv 

 Rose. It is remarkable that so heavy a crop should be grown 

 with only the residue of the manure left by the crop of the pre- 

 vious year, to feed on ; perhaps this may suggest an improve- 

 ment oxev our usual avuv of maiuu'ing the same season avc 

 , plant, when we have a strong clay loam to deal witli ; Avhich, 

 ■ as we all know, is xery retentive of manure. Perhaps our 

 .usual method gives us too much top to the sacrifice of tubers. 

 In the footing up of. expenses, friend Winkley makes the us- 

 ual error of luiderestimatiug his labor. xVs a farmer, I shoukl 

 be loth to take the contract of giving a crop on 128 rods, the 

 two hoeings and accompan^dng weeclings it would require, for a 

 less figure than fifteen dollars. Again, with all the aid possi- 

 ble from modern implements, I Qould not dig and put into the 

 ■cellar such a crop, with the picking of it up, which would be 

 .involved in the operation , for a sum hss than fifteen dollars ; 

 and with the common method of digging with the hoe, not 

 ^even for that figui-e. But I assume that a man who had the 

 ^enterprise to plant so largely of Xo. G dug his potatoes with 



