122 



James B. Knight, on which potatoes were giown the past sea- 

 son, that contained eighty-eight rods. 



Nathaniel Little, Jr. 



I hereby certify that I measured the potatoes grown on the 

 piece of land above mentioned, and there were 203 bushels of 

 merchantable potatoes. Jeremiah Mahoney. 



Statement of E. R. Mudge. 

 Dear Sir : In accordance with our understanding as to the 

 mode of reporting my method of cultivating an acre of land in 

 raising a crop of Mangold Wurtzels, I herewith submit my 

 statement, premising it by saying that three years since I un- 

 derdrained the land with tile, and the next summer sowed oats 

 and turned them in, leaving the land until the following year 

 before taking a crop from it of potatoes raised with ten cords 

 of barn-yard manure to the acre. This season it has been 

 cultivated in the following manner : — 

 Plowed twice with one horse and two men at $4.50 



per day, $9 00 



10 cords Manure,— 2-3 of Wool Waste at 14.00, and 

 1-3 of Barnyard Manure, 6.00, average cost, $4.66 

 per cord, 46 60 



Hauling and spreading manure, 2 horses and 5 men, 



at $1.50 per day each, one day and a half, 

 Cultivating twice, 2 men and horse, 1-2 day, 

 Weeding and hoeing, 16 days labor, $1.50, 

 Pulling and topping, 12 days. 

 Harvesting, 2 horses and 2 men, 2 days, $1.50 each, 



$127 60 



The labor per acre for opening the drain was 33 cents, done 

 by contract. Cost of tile and filling in I cannot give ; the ac- 

 count is not at hand. 



The product this year has been 78 horse-cart loads, averag- 

 ing 1,849 pounds per load or 72 tons. The value of Mangold 

 Wurtzels, as feed, every farmer must determine for himself; in 



