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Your committee visited Mr. Nason's strawberries during 

 the picking season and found an unusually heavy stand of 

 fruit both ripe and green. Although past mid-season there 

 was a very even and heavy stand of plants, yet the fruit 

 attained good size, good shape, and was very firm. It was 

 an exceptionally fine crop. 



The committee visited Mr. Day's crop of raspberries in 

 August and report that it was the best crop of berries 

 they ever had the opportunity to see grow on 65 square 

 rods of land, he having picked 1127 qts. of raspberries 

 from the same and we award to 



J. Henry Nason, of Boxford, first premium, $8. 



John C. Day of Bradford, first premium, $8. 



Edwin Bates, ( r^ •*-*. 

 W. K. Cole, { Committee. 



STATEMENT OF J. HENRY NASON ON STRAWBERRY CROP. 



The piece of land which I enter contains 32 square rods. 

 In 1900 it was planted to corn, manured at the rate of 10 

 cords to the acre. In 1901, the same amount of manure 

 and set to strawberry plants, Sample and Tennessee Pro- 

 lific, no fertilizer used. 



Cost of cultivation and marketing. 



Setting plants, 1 50 



Hoeing and weeding, 16 00 



Covering, 5 00 



Picking and marketing, 50 64 



$72 14 

 Receipts, 308 49 



Profit, $236 35 



Respectfully, 



J. Henry Nason. 



