•. 80 



Tbc lot, as measured by the committee, contains 85 rods ; 

 and I have harvested from it 2,020 marketable cabbages, esti- 

 mated to weigh 10 pounds each. 



Dr. 

 To 3 cords manure, ----- 



" Rockwced, 



" 3 days labor, - - - - 



" seed, - 



" cidtiyating, ...--. 



" 7 days lioeing, 



" 2 days setting plants, ----- 

 " harvesting and marketing, - - - 



Cr. 

 By 168 dozen cabbages at 75 cents, 



Net profit, - - - - - - . - 46 25 



This is to certify that I have helped harvest the above crop 

 and consider this a correct statement. 



Samuel Lufkin. 



CHANBERIUES. 



The Committee on the cultivation of the cranberry liuve 

 attended to their duty and respectfully submit the following 

 report : 



Mr. Hiram A. Stiles, of Middlcton, is the only person who 

 claims a premium, under the rules of the Society, for liis 

 experiment in the cultivation of the cranberry. With this . 

 report will be found his statement of his method of cultivating 

 that luxui'ious and healthful fruit. On the 12th of September, 

 1873, the Committee visited Mr. Stiles and viewed the grounds 

 on which his experiments have been made. Tlicre we found a 



