50 ON POTATOES. 



1 and 6 are not ripe ; I think they will be very productive ; a» 

 to quality I can say little with confidence until they are all ripe 

 and gathered. 



Yours with respect. Paul Kent. 



JAMES LOCKE'S STATEMENT. 



TO THE COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE CLrAIMS FOR PREMIUMS ON 

 POTATOES RAISED FROM THE SEED OF THE BALL. 



Gentlemen, 



In 1831 I planted nine seeds and have kept the 

 products of each seed separate and distinct to this time. I 

 prepared the ground in which they were planted the present 

 season, about the eleventh of May, by spreading the manure 

 and ploughing it in. They were planted in drills about three 

 and a half feet apart, the products of a single seed of the former 

 year in each drill, and the following is the amount of the growth 

 of this season : 



Seed No. 1 , Drill 25 feet In lengthy 



250 pounds. 



Numbers 8 and 9 were connected so that they could not well 

 be separated, and were planted together. I exhibit four quarts 

 from each seed. 



In 1831 I also planted a quantity of seeds in addition to those 

 already stated, whose produce I deem it worth while to state to 

 the Committee as showing the amount of production in reference 

 to the quantity of ground occupied. 



