101 



To storing, 4. CO 



To tlireshing, 6.30 



To teaming straw and rye, 6.50 



Profit, 54.10 



$94.90 



Cr. 



By 5620 lbs. straw, 56.20 



By 43 bushels rye, 38.70 



$94.90 



This certifies that a lot of land on which J. W. Blodgett 

 had rye this season contains one acre and one quarter. 

 East Saugus, Aug. 14, 1880. Gfo. H. Pearson. 



This certifies that the rye grown on one and a quarter acres 

 of land, by J. W. Blodgett this season, weighs 2408 lbs. (or 

 forty-three bushels). 



East Saugus, Aug. 14, 1880. Geo. F. Marshall. 



STATEMENT OF S. S. PRATT, FOR DANVERS HOSPITAL. 



The crop of Rye entered for premium by the hospital for 

 Insane, Danvers, S. S. Pratt, farmer, grew on one acre of land, 

 on which stands 28 apple and pear trees of medium size. The 

 crop of 1878 was potatoes, about 7 cords of stable manure 

 being used. The crop of 1879 was peas, on which was used 

 five cords of barn manure, the soil being of a dark, heavy 

 loam, with gravelly clay subsoil, and was ploughed once for the 

 rye crop ; no other preparation for the seed. Cost of plough- 

 ing, $4.00. No manure was applied to this crop, one and 

 three-fourths bushel of seed was sowed in the usual way. 

 Cost of seed and sowing, $2.25. Harrowing and rolling, $3. 

 Sowed Aug. 7th ; it attained rank growth in October, 1879, 

 when it was cut as green food for milch cows. The amount 

 from the lot is estimated at 12 tons green fodder, valued at 



