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CR. BY CROP. 



By 135 bushels of oats at 40 cents, $54 00 



" li tons of straw at f9 per ton, 13 f>0 



Value of crop, 60 bushels per acre, <|6T 50 

 Profit, 25 50 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. D. Ordway. 



I hereby certify that I have measured the land on which 

 the oats entered for premium grew, and owned by Cyrus 

 D. Ordway and it contained two acres and forty-five rods. 



John H. Ryan. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CRAN- 

 BERRY CROP. 



RocKPORT, Nov. 3, 1902. 



To the Trustees of the Essex Agricultural Society : — 



Your committee on cranberries make the following re- 

 port. 



We have attended to our duties and visited the cran- 

 berry bed of William H. Anderson, of West Boxford, and 

 recommend that he be granted a premium of $7. 



Andrew Lane, Chairman. ., 

 Oscar Gowen. 



statement concerning a cranberry bed situated 

 in west boxford and owned by william h. 



anderson. 



This bed was made on a peat bog which was from three 

 to ten feet deep, the surface to the depth of one foot was 

 removed, and taken to the barn cellar, eventually paying 

 the expense of its removal. The bog was then covered with 

 three inches of sand at an expense of about sixty dollars 



