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season, and broken up June 20, this year. The piece was ma- 

 nured liberally, with a compost of muck and night soil, barn 

 manure and fish waste, at the rate of ten cords to the acre. 

 Seed planted about June 20, with about a tablespoonful of 

 phosphate to each hill, well mixed with the soil. The crop 

 received two cultivatings, and three hoeings and were pulled 

 the second week in November. The yield of the piece in 

 merchantable heads was 2200. These heads were very large 

 and handsome. The area of land was 95 rods. Average 

 weight of heads about 9 pounds. 



STATEMENT OF PAUL ILSLEY. 



The crop of onions which I enter for consideration was 

 grown upon a soil of gravelly loam, the land sloping slightly 

 towards the southeast. The crop the year previous was onions. 

 I ploughed in the fall, turning under about seven cords of barn 

 yard manure, to the acre. Manure composed largely of salt 

 marsh muck. I sowed, about the 25th of April, in drills, thir- 

 teen or fourteen inches apart, about 3 1-2 pounds of seed to 

 the acre. In cultivating, used the wheel hoe, going over the 

 ground seven or eight times, and wed thoroughly four times. 

 The crop this year was pulled the middle of September, and 

 topped on the ground, and housed two or three weeks later. 

 The result was 610 1-2 bushels of ripe onions on an acre. 

 Value of manure, estimated, $75,00 



Cost of preparing ground, 12,50 



Cost of seed and sowing, 29,00 



Cost of cultivating, 45,00 



Cost of harvesting and topping, 36,00 



$197,50 



STATEMENT OF J. J. H. GREGORY. 

 The piece planted to carrots was tile drained a year ago last 



