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STATEMENT OF BENJAMIN W. FARNHAM. 



The piece of land which I enter for premium on straw- 

 berry crop, contained 28 square rods. The soil is a grav- 

 elly loam, sloping to the south. In 1896 I raised a crop 

 of potatoes on it. In 1897 I manured it with barn manure, 

 and in May, 1897, set out strawberry plants; Beverly, 

 Haverland, Lovett and Bubach, the rows being four feet 

 apart, and the plants eighteen inches in the rows. I kept 

 them free from weeds by cultivating and weeding. Sev- 

 eral times in winter I scattered wood ashes over the bed, 

 and covered them in early winter with pine needles, which 

 I did not remove in the spring. Commenced to pick the 

 berries June 16, and finished July 15. 



Cr. 

 1505 boxes of berries, at 9 7-10 cts., il45 98 



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