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STATEMENT. 



The crop grown in 1899 was Indian corn, in 1900 swee 

 corn. Was manured with fertilizer in the hills, which 

 are four feet apart each way. A horse, with cultivator, 

 performed all the labor, no hoe being used. 



Reckoning 70 lbs. on the cob, equal to 



bush, shelled corn, there are 51 bush., 



at 70c., 135 70 



Stalks and husks, 15 00 



Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 24, 1901. 



Mr. Richard Jaques. 



Dear Sir : — This is to certify that I have measured the 

 patch of corn on the hill near the cemetery, and find that 

 it contains one acre three rods and one hundred and 

 twenty feet (1 acre 3 rods and 120 feet). 



Yours truly, 



John M. Bailey, Supt. Cem. 



STATEMENT OF M. L. CHAMBERLAIN. 



North Beverly, Mass., Aug. 18, 1901. 

 D. D. Adams, Esq,, Ohairman Crop Committee, Neivhuryy 

 Mass. 

 Dear Sir : — I herewith give statement regarding hay 



