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statement of dudley h. portee. 



Hamilton, Nov. 12, 1872. 

 Gentlemen: — The land on which the Ruta Bagas grew, 

 which I offer for premium, has been in English grass for the 

 last eight years. Ploughed the first time in November, 1871 : 

 €ross-ploughed again this last June and harrowed ; finished 

 June 20th ; sowed in drills about three feet apart. The crop 

 is 196 bushels, sixty pounds to the bushel, on the half acre,, 

 "worth in market 62 cents a bushel. 



Value of 2| cords of manure, - - $18 00- 

 Labor and team in hauling and applying the same, 5 00/ 



Seed, - - - _ . QQ. 



Cultivating and weeding, - - - 6 00 



Transplanting, - - - - 2 00 



Two plowings and harrowings, - - 6' 00 



Harvesting, - - "- - 7 00 



$44 GO 



Market value, - - , _ $-\_s& 40- 



Cost, - - - - - - 44 GO' 



Income, - - - _ $85 80* 



Dudley H. Porter„ 



TREADWELL FARM. 



The Committee on the Treadwell Farm report that the seven 

 years' lease to Mr. Ariel H. Gould terminates next April, and 

 that Mr. Gould has complied with the teraas of the lease 

 satisfactorily to the Committee ; he having applied to the farm 

 ninety cords of good merchantable manure the first year, and 

 fifty cords each following year until this year, io which he has 



