86 



Cost of plowing and prc[)aring, $5,00 



Value of manure, 30.00 



The ground was sowed about the 26th of May Avith long 

 orange carrot, in rows sixteen inches apart. 

 Cost of seed, lialf pound, 50 



Sowing, $1.00 



It was hoed three times Avith a wheel hoe ; after each hoeing 

 it was Aveeded out by hand. 



Cost of cultiA^ating, including AA^eeding and thinning, $16.00 

 Finished liarA'Csting NoA^ 8 ; cost of harvesting, 12.00 



In ascertaining the Aveight of crop, the first load Avas draAA^n 

 to the hay-scales and AAcighed ; the rest were filled in tlie same 

 Avay Avithout weighing. 



Amount of crop on the eighty rods, tAAch^e tons, four hun- 

 dred and twenty lbs. On ten rods of the ])iece I dug tAvo tons. 



This is to certify that I Avas in the employ of Francis Little 

 and did Avitncss tlie aforesaid crop of carrots harvested. I de- 

 clare tlie above statement to be a true one. 



Thomas Xoye.s. 



The groinul on Avhicli the aljove-mentioned crop Avas raised 

 Avas measured l)y me and contained half an acre and no more. 



Joseph Ilsley. 



The Connnittec aAvard the following premiums : 



To William II. Putnam, Danvers, Cabbages, first premium, 



diploma and $8 ; to Joseph Ilsley, NcAA-bury, Onions, first 



premium, diploma and $8; to Thomas Sanders, Hamilton, 



'vUta Bagas, first premium, diploma and $8. 



Committee — Geo. B. Loring, J. I). AV. French, Jacob J^. 



Farnham, F. P. Putnam. E. II. Little. Alljcrt Kogers, J. B. 



Foster. 



