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Account. 

 To the use of land, 



-1- manure and application, 

 Plowing and harrowing, 

 -^ of 6 bags 100 lbs. manure, 

 Application '^ " 

 6 bushels seed at 16| 

 Cutting and planting by hand. 

 Cultivating and hoeing, 

 Paris green and applying, 

 Harvesting, 

 Marketing, 



$2 00 



$36 15 



The returns as estimated by sample rod were as follows 

 By 1 17.3 bushels of potatoes 82 salable at 50 cents, 

 " 32 unsalable worth 10 cents. 



To cost. 



Profit, $8 05 



This statement is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, 



ChAS. L. COMINS. 



REPORT ON ONIONS. 

 Field No. 1. 

 To the Secretary of the Hampshire Agricultural Society: 



The acre of onions entered for the society's premium was grown on a 

 heavy loam, it having produced onions for the past few years. The land 

 was plowed in October to a depth of five inches ; barnyard manure was 

 applied in the winter at the rate of fifteen loads per acre, also 700 lbs. 

 E. FranK Coe's " Gold Brand " Fertilizer and 200 lbs. cotton seed meal 

 applied broadcast just before planting ; after the second weeding 200 

 lbs. more of fertilizer was sowed on. The soil was made fine with 

 " wheel " and " Meekin " harrows and seed planted April 23 in drills 14 

 inches apart at the rate of four and one-half lbs. of seed to the acre. 

 The seed used was Rice's Yellow Globe. The seed came up well, but 

 much of it was destroyed by the maggots. 



