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drilled in at time of sowing ; seed sown June 28, Shani- 

 lock rata baga. I harvested 200 bushels at a cost of pro- 

 duction as follows : 



Plowing and harrowing, 



Seed and sowing, 



1000 lbs. plain superphosphate, 



200 " Bowker's fertilizer, 



Thinning, 



Cultivating, 



Harvesting, 



By 200 bushels, at 30 cents, 

 " Tops for soiling, 



$63 00 

 Proht per half acre, 836 00 



Respectfully submitted, 



James C. Poor. 



STATEMENT OF A CROP OF MANGOLD WCJRTZELS RAISED 

 BY JAMES C. POOR OF NORTH ANDOVER. 



The piece of Mangold Wurtzels which I enter for 

 premium contains i acre of land, of black heavy loam with 

 clay subsoil, was in grass in 1895, plowed, manured and 

 sowed to hungarian as soon as the hay was cut; the hun- 

 garian was a very heavy crop and it completely killed out 

 the witch grass. In Nov., 1895, applied manure (about 8 

 cords to acre) and cross plowed, and in Spring (1896), 

 plowed, harrowed, drilled, using 400 lbs. of Bowker's root 



