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Plouo-liini'" and lian-owinu', $5.00 



Planting, 5.00 



Hoeing, 10.00 



Digging and putting in cellar, 10.00 



Three barrels seed, bought in Vermont, 30.00 



$00.00 

 They were planted April 10. They arc late potatoes and 

 should be planted early ; but they are most excellent table po- 

 tatoes, and great yielders. 



I certify that I have this day measured a lot of land for Paul 

 T. Winkley, Esq., of Newburyport, entered by him for a pre- 

 mium on potatoes, and find the same contains one hundred 

 and twenty-eight rods and forty-nine hundredths. 



Dated at Xewburyport, September 23d, 1871. 



Joseph G. Gekrisii. 



statement of thomas saunders. 



The crop for the last five years has been English grass, the 

 land gra^-elly and light on a side hill, manured with a compost 

 of meadow mud and barn manure, made in the cellar and 

 consisting of four parts of the former and one of the latter. 

 Ploughed the first time in November, 1870, just as light as the 

 sod could be turned, say from three to four inches deep. In 

 June cross ploughed, just the same depth as before, then har- 

 rowed, then ploughed again and harrowed again, finishing- 

 June 20tli. 



Cost of 3 ploughings and 2 harro\\ ings, ft;().00 



" of 3 1-2 cords of above compost, 21.00 



" of labor and team in hauling and applying same, 0.00 

 " of seed, •^'> 



•* of cidtivating and weeding, 7.00 



" of harvesting, 0.00 



Total cost of maiuu-e and labor in cultivating and har- 

 vesting crop, !^40.o5 



