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the crop to its dark color. Your committee's square rod averaged 



171 lbs. equal to 263 bushels for the half acre. I have been offered 

 55 cts. per bushel for the crop through, which would leave me a profit 

 of $61.80 on the half acre. 



Dr. 



To 2200 lbs. fertilizer, $44 00 



3 lbs. seed, 3 75 



Plowing and sowing fertilizers, • 4 00 



Pulverizing and sowing seed, 6 00 



Cultivating and weeding, 15 00 



Pulling and cutting, 7 00 



Drawing to cars, 3 00 



$82 75 

 Cr. 

 By 263 bushels at 55 cts, $144 65 which leaves me a profit of $61 80 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. H. COMINS. 



The land is first class Connecticut river intervale. It has produced 

 onions for several years past with the application of commercial fertil- 

 izer. The same process was continued this season, but owing to exces- 

 sive rain and overflov/ of the river the crop did not fulfill my expecta- 

 tions. The result was as follows : 



Use of one-half acre of land, $ 4 00 



800 lbs. fertilizer, 12 00 



Plowing and fitting, 2 50 



5 lbs. seed and sowing, 2 50 



Cultivating and weeding, 8 00 



Harvesting and carrying to depot, 8 00 



Total cost. $37 00 



Cr. by 195i bush, at 60 cts., 1 18 50 



Profit, $80 50 



Geo. L. Comins. 



REPORT ON POTATOES. 

 I raised potatoes on this piece in 1895 and tobacco in 1896. sowed 

 rye in the fall of 1896. In the spring of '97 1 plowed the green rye 



