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P. D. Adama, of Newbuiyport, enters his entire field of 

 one acre and seventy -four rods, from which he has gathered 

 1431 1-2 bushels of fine, first quality onions, being nearly 

 1000 bushels per acre. Considering the size of his field, 

 quality of the onions, and enormous crop, the Committee 

 award to P. D. Adams the premium of $10. 



S. A. Merrill, of Danvers, enters a crop of Long Orange 

 Carrots, grown upon 21,000 square feet of land, from which 

 he has harvested 527 bushels, or about 13 3-4 tons. While 

 the Committee do not consider this a large yield, having seen 

 from 35 1o 40 tons per acre, yet considering the thorough cul 

 tivation, and uniformity of the crop, they would award to S. 

 A. Merrill the premium of $10. 

 For the Committee, 



Daniel Buxton, Chairman. 



Note. — The Trustees voted not to adopt the Committee's 

 recommendation of a pi-emium, as above, of $10, to Mr. Mer- 

 rill, inasmuch as the quantity of land was not sufl!icient to 

 comply with the rules of the Society. 



Charles P. Preston, Sec'y. 



STATEMENT OF Y. G. HURD. 



To the Committee on Root Crops of the Essex Agricultural 

 Society : 



I enter for premium one half acre of onions raised on the 

 County land at the House of Correction, Ipswich, this year, 

 1874. 



The land is a heavy loam on clay bottom, under drained. 

 It was dressed in the spring with barn manure, which had 

 been hauled out in the fall, at the rate of nine cords to the 

 acre, as nearly as we could estimate. The land has been in 

 onions three years. It was ploughed four inches deep and 

 raked as smooth as possible. Seed was sown May 4th, at the 

 rate of five pounds to the acre. The seed was Danvers Yel- 



