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measures 165 rods. In 1882, it was ploughed in July after 

 the grass was cut. It is a very light, sandy loam. One-half of 

 the piece was manured with a shovel of manure in the hill, 

 and set out to cabbages on the 20th day of July. The other 

 half was sown to yellow Swede turnips on the 10th day of July, 

 and manured with Stockbridge Root manure in the drill, well 

 mixed with the soil. Owing to the extreme dry weather that 

 immediately followed, and continued until September, the crop 

 of each was rather light. Last spring, the piece was ploughed 

 in April. On the half that was manured with Stockbridge, 

 the year previous, we applied 8| cords of stable manure and 

 ploughed it in. The half that had stable manure in 1882, had 

 only fertilizer this year, applied in the drill at the rate of 900 

 pounds to the acre. The whole was planted to potatoes on the 

 22d day of April, omitting every third row, to be planted in 

 Hybrid Squash. The potatoes were cut to two eyes, and 

 dropped about fifteen inches apart in the drill — drills three 

 feet apart. The rows were all covered with the Planet Jr. 

 Horse Hoe. 



The potatoes came out evenly, and were hoed twice with the 

 Planet Jr. Horse Hoe, and very little hand-work was done to 

 the piece. 



The squavshes were planted on the fifteenth day of June ; a 

 handful of vine manure applied to each hill. Squashes were 

 hoed twice. 



The cost of crops, and value, are as follows : — 



To 3| cords stable manure, at $6.50, 



To 900 lbs. fertilizer. 



To planting and cost of seed, 



To horse hoeing twice. 



To Paris Green and applying, 



To digging potatoes, 



To planting squashes and seed, 



To hoeing squashes, 



To harvesting squashes, 



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