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This certifies that I measured the land upon which the 

 above named crop was raised, and it measured one-half acre 

 and eighteen square rods. N. P. Meldram. 



This certifies that I helped dig and measure the above 

 named crop of potatoes, and the number of bushels was two 

 hundred and sixteen. Jos. G. Mears. 



STATEMENT OF J. B. KNIGHT. 



The crop of 1879 was potatoes, with twenty-five loads of 

 barn yard manure per acre spread on and ploughed in. The 

 first crop of 1880 was potatoes, with twenty-five loads of barn- 

 yard manure per acre spread on and ground ploughed seven 

 inches deep in the spring ; the soil a heavy loam. The squash 

 seed was planted the 25th of June, by putting in with the 

 fingers two seeds in a hill, in the side of the potato hills, 

 squash hills ten feet apart, at a cost of one hour's labor, 15 

 cents ; quantity of seed one pound, cost, $3 ; the variety was 

 Low's Premium Hybrid Squash. No other labor was applied 

 until harvesting, but two hours' time, after the potatoes were 

 harvested, in pulling the weeds then growing, cost 30 cents. 

 The squashes were collected in piles before any heavy frost 

 and covered with the vines, and after a few days were carried 

 to the barn ; cost of harvesting, five dollars. Three of the 

 loads were weighed as they were hauled up and the average 

 weight of those loads taken, and the rest loaded as near as 

 possible on the same carriage. 



There were nine tons six hundred pounds of merchantable 

 squaslies and about two tons not fully ripe and small ones. 

 The land on which these squashes were grown being very full 

 of witch grass, the squashes were planted in the hope that 

 vines would cover the ground after the potatoes were ripe and 

 keep the grass down, and I think that they did it quite suc- 

 cessfully. 



Newbury, Oct. 28th, 1880. 

 I hereby certify that I measured a lot of land for J. B. 

 Knight, on which squashes were grown, and there was three 

 quarters of an acre. Nathaniel Little, Jr. 



