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thereto, were produced on these ten rods, but I should estimate 

 the value of this portion of the crop, equal to the average of 



the whole piece. 



Luke Putnam. 

 Danvers, Nov. 6, 1852. 



I certify that I measured the ground cultivated as above 

 stated, and found it to contain one-half acre, and no more. 



J. W. Proctor, Purveyor. 

 November 9, 1852. 



John L. Hubbard^s Statement. 



I herewith transmit a statement of the management of the 

 crop of onions, entered by me for premium. The land is a 

 sandy loam, rather light on one side of the piece to a rather 

 deep black soil on the other side, with a southern exposure, 

 containing eighty six rods. It has been used for an onion bed 

 several years. The manure was partly barnyard and partly 

 slaughter-house manure, was not composted. One side of 

 the lot was manured entirely with the slaughter-house manure, 

 and on the other side the barnyard manure was thought to be 

 rather too scattering, and some small heaps of the slaughter 

 manure were put in to fill up. The manure was ploughed in, 

 in the spring. The ground was not harrowed, but it was 

 brushed over, and then raked by hand. The seed was then 

 sown. One pound of the common yellow onion seed was 

 sown first on the lightest part of the land, where the barnyard 

 manure was put ; then one pound of Danvers seed entirely on 

 the slaughter manure, and then the lot was finished with a 

 mixed seed of Danvers and yellow onion seed. 



The seed was sown the 5th of May. The product was 

 127 barrels of Danvers, 125 of the common, and 47 of the 

 mixed seed. Perhaps I ought to say that no account was 

 made of the unripe and rotten onions, of which there were 

 several bushels. The product was rather in favor of the mixed 

 seed, but I attribute this to the land, as it was moister and 

 was not molested at all with the worms. The Danvers had 

 the next best chance, and they were ripe some days sooner 

 than the others. There were also taken, onions for the use of 

 two families during the summer, and 30 bunches were sold 



