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of the several pieces can be attributed to nothing except the 

 manure, as the land was of about the same quality, being a 

 light, deep loam upon a clay subsoil. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Calvin D. Eaton. 



Potatoes. — I offer for premium a crop of potatoes raised on 

 one acre of land in Pelham. The piece was old pasture land, 

 with some brush on it. In May I ploughed it twice, then harrowed 

 and planted with peachblow potatoes. I used no other manure 

 than one hundred and twenty-five pounds of plaster, and hoed 

 only once. I dug the potatoes about the 12th of October. I 

 used two barrels of dry ashes before hoeing. My crop was 

 one hundred and seventy bushels of extremely large potatoes, 

 many of them weighing over one pound. 



Value of crop : — 

 170 bushels, at 40 cents, 



$68 00 



Statement of Chester Cowles. 



The land on which this crop was raised contains one acre. 

 It is old pasture. I ploughed it in May and planted eight 

 bushels to the acre, and harvested in October. I put on the 

 manure at the rate of twelve loads to the acre. 



