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of barn-yard and stable manure, ploughed 7 inches deep, har- 

 rowed three times with wiieel harrow, and four bushels of bar- 

 ley sowed the 14tli of May. Covered the seed with brush har- 

 row and rolled with an ox-roller. Harvested, August 2 ; meas- 

 ured by William Chase ; 47 1 bushels and weighing 48 pounds 

 to the bushel. 



EXPENSES. 



5 cords of manure, $6.00 per cord, one-half esti- 

 mated value, 

 Plowing, harrowing and sowing, 

 Harvesting, 

 Threshing, 



47 1-2 bushels, 75 cents per bushel, 

 Straw, estimated 1^ tons, 



Newbury, Oct. 30, 1879. 



I hereby certify that I measured the above mentioned barley 

 ground, and it contained 180 rods. Edwin P. No yes. 



I hereby certify that I measured 47^ bushels barley, raised 

 on the above named ground. William Chase. 



ROOT CROPS. 



There were ten entries made with the committee ; two of Po- 

 tatoes by Messrs. Knight of Newbury and J. J. H. Gregory of 

 Marblehead. 



Five of Onions by Messrs. Perkins of Newbury, Noyes of 

 Newbury, Raddin of Peabody, Gregory of Marblehead, Good- 

 win of Ayers Village, Haverhill. 



One of Squashes by David Warren of Marblehead. 



