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rod thereof, which I judged to produce an average of the 

 whole, and measured therefrom four bushels and one peck. 



Isaac Fobes, Surveyor. 



I hereby certify that I assisted in pulling and cutting off the 

 tops of the above-said onions, and witnessed measurement, 

 which was as above-stated. 



William H. Livermore. 



Austin J. Roberts's Statement. 



I have raised this year, on one-quarter of an acre of ground, 

 4,942 pounds of squashes, or 2 tons 942 pounds, which is at 

 the rate of 9 tons 1,768 pounds per acre. 



The sward was turned over on the 1st of May, the soil 

 being a light gravelly loam. Holes two feet in diameter and 

 one foot deep, were dug, ten feet apart each way. To each 

 hole three large shovelsful of a prepared compost was thor- 

 oughly mixed with the earth taken out, and the holes refilled. 

 About the middle of May, the seed was sown ; the unneces- 

 sary plants were pulled up, leaving only three of the thriftiest. 

 When they were two inches high, two quarts of unleached 

 ashes were strewed around each of the hills and slightly hoed 

 in. Bugs by-and-by appeared, but were happily made sensi- 

 ble that a strong solution of quassia and tobacco rendered the 

 vines unpalatable. 



The variety raised was the custard squash, which I have 

 cultivated for the last three years with satisfaction, and which 

 has been improved with me, in flavor and color, by crossing it 

 with the marrow squash. It readily sells in large cities, at re- 

 munerating prices. 



Nathan WhitmarCs Statement. 



The land, one-quarter of an acre, on which I raised my 

 squashes, was last season, planted to potatoes. I ploughed it 

 deep, say seven inches, harrowed and rolled it, then furrowed 

 it five feet apart one way, and put on six loads of good ma- 

 nure from barn cellar, and dropped it in the furrows, five feet 

 apart. In August, went through with one furrow in each row. 



