ON WORKING OXEN AND STEERS. 67 



JAMES LOCKE'S STATEMENT. 



TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE AGRICULTURAL ) 

 SOCIETY ON POTAIXJES. i 



Gentlemen — 



I hereby present a statement of an experiment 

 on raising potatoes from the balls. 



In the season of 1830 I raised 6 lbs. potatoes from the balls. 

 May 6th, 1831, planted the said 6 lbs. potatoes on a piece of 

 land 21 feet by 19 — 8 rows in drill, which produced as follows : 



First 2 rows 80 lbs. potatoes 



Second 2 " 64 " " 



Third 2 " 68 " " 



Fourth 2 '' 80 " " 



Total 292 lbs. 

 a specimen of which is herewith exhibited. 



JAMES LOCKE. 

 Andover, Sept. 29, 1831. 



No. X. ON WORKING OXEN AND STEERS. 



The Committee appointed to examine the Working Oxen 

 and Steers entered for premium, have attended to that duty, and 

 report — 



That the Exhibition of working cattle has been highly satis- 

 factory and pleasing. The number of animals of this description 

 far exceeded those of any former year, and their quality was of 

 the first order. Among the number exhibited, there were only 

 te7i pair that were tried in the drawing of loads. The short 

 time in the power of the Committee to devote to these expe- 

 riments, necessarily renders this mode of trial very imperfect. 

 The Committee also noticed particularly the manner in which 

 the cattle performed their task in the ploughing field ; and in 

 making up tlieir judgment as to the comparative merits of the 



