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Dr. 



To Preparing land, 

 " Fertilizer, 

 " Seed and sowing, 

 " Hoeing and weeding, 

 " Harvesting, 



" Interest and taxes on land, 

 " Topping and marketing, .05 per bushel. 



Cr. 

 By 285 bushels onions at .80. 



Profit on half acre, 

 " one '' 



Respectfully submitted, 



John H. George. 



Methuen, Mass., Oct. 20, 1897. 

 I hereby certify that the land on which grew the crop 

 of onions entered by John H.George for premium with 

 the Essex Agricultural Society contains one-half acre. 



Lyman George. 



STATEMENT CONCERNING A CHOP OF POTATOES RAISED 

 BY JOHN H. GEORGE OF METHUEN. 



The crop of 1896 was potatoes. The fertilizer used was 

 the Stockbridge Potato Special. The soil is peat meadow. 

 The spring of 1897 the land was ploughed with one horse, 

 harrowed with spike-tooth harrow and brushed with birch 

 harrow. There was one-half ton of Stockbridge Potato 

 Fertilizer ploughed in. The furrows were opened with a 



