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ested person is necessary to avoid mistakes, as well as to put all 

 claimants upon as equal footing as possible. 



In the claims presented lor our consideration for premiums, 

 the committee, for the reasons above stated, have decided to 

 recommend no award, but hope that the statements may be 

 published with the report. The committee think it proper to 

 state, for the benefit of the members of the society, that before 

 coming to a full decision on this question, they took counsel of 

 the Board of Trustees then in session, who seemed to be unani- 

 mously of the opinion, that the essential rules of the society 

 should be strictly complied with, by all claimants for premiums. 



Eben S. Poor, Chairman. 



Statement of Daniel O shorn. 



Potatoes. — I offer for premium a piece of land in potatoes 

 measuring one acre. The field borders upon the milI-{)ond of 

 the " Danvers Iron Factory." It has been used for the cultiva- 

 tion of onions until the present year. It was ploughed and 

 planted early in the month of April. The manure used was 

 " Peruvian guano," in the drill, four-hundred pounds to the 

 acre. The variety of potatoes planted was "Jackson "Whites," 

 cut very fine. We commenced digging the first of August. 

 "We harvested three hundred and twenty-two bushels by actual 

 measurement. All were marketable but fifteen bushels, which 

 were too small. "We have sold all but twelve bushels, which are 

 kept for seed. The price obtained was fifty cents per bushel in 

 the Lynn market. The guano cost twelve dollars in Salem. 

 Three days labor in hoeing. 



It has been found by actual experiment upon land in this 

 locality, that " Peruvian guano " produces potatoes of a larger 

 and better quality than barn manure. A good method would 

 be to spread broadcast and plough in the dung, using the 

 "guano" in the hill or drill, being careful to have it well 

 mixed with the soil before planting. 



South Danvers, October 24, 1860. 



Statement of Lever ett Bradley. 

 Potatoes. — The crop of potatoes I offer for premium grew 

 upon a small part of the reclaimed meadow, which I have also 

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