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Cost of seed, six bushels of black, and chenango po- 

 tatoes, (four bushels black, two of chenangoes,) . ^4 67 



Cost of manure, (stable manure and sand,) . . 15 00 



" " digging and housing potatoes, . . 10 00 



$59 67 

 The product was, of black potatoes, 117 bushels. 



" , " chenangoes, 24 " 



The chenangoes were dug early, before fully grown or ma- 

 tured. 



Charles French. 

 Andover, Oct. 1852. 



Grain Crops. 



The committee on grain crops, report, that there was one 

 entry of wheat, only, and that by Christopher How, of Me- 

 thuen, of forty bushels, raised on one acre and eighty-three 

 rods of land, being twenty-six and a half bushels to the acre ; 

 and they award him the premium of $6. 



There were two entries of rye, one by Adino Page, of Dan- 

 vers, of one hundred and sixty-eight bushels, raised on four 

 and a half acres of land, weighing fifty-eight pounds to the 

 bushel, being thirty-seven and one-third bushels, or twenty-one 

 hundred and one-third pounds to the acre ; and they award 

 him the premium of $6. 



The other entry of rye, was by James Brown, Jr., of Dan- 

 vers, of fifty-six bushels, raised on one and three-fourths acres 

 of land, weighing sixty-three pounds to the bushel, being 

 thirty-two bushels, or twenty hundred and sixteen pounds to 

 the acre ; and had the committee another premium at their 

 disposal, they would cheerfully have given it to Mr. Brown, 

 considering his extra crop, compared with the condition and 

 value of his land. 



There were also two entries of Indian corn ; one by Win- 

 gate Merrill of Danvers, of eighty-seven bushels, raised on one 

 hundred and sixty-two rods of land, being about eighty-six 

 bushels to the acre ; and they award him the premium of $6. 



The other entry of corn, was by Adino Page, of Danvers, 

 of one hundred and forty-three bushels, raised on two acres 

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