68 



CROP OF POTATOES. 



Dr. 



To 3 cords manure, 

 " 260 lbs. Stockbridge fertilizer, 

 " preparing land, ploughing, harrowing and fur- 

 rowing, 

 " cultivating, 



" seed (6 bus.) cutting, dropping and covering, 

 " digging and marketing, 

 " interest and taxes, 



.$46 75 



$153 75 

 Yield per acre, 368 bushels. 



" per one-half acre, 184 bushels. 

 Profit per acre, $175 00 



" per one-half acre, 87 50 



Respectfully submitted, 



John H. George. 



I hereby certify that I measured the land on which 

 grew the crop of potatoes entered by John H. George for 

 premium with the Essex Agricultural Society and it con- 

 tained six tenths (6-10) of one acre. 



Lyman George. 



STATEMENT OF A CROP OF ONIONS RAISED BY JOHN H. 

 GEORGE, METHUEN, 1899. 



The four previous crops on the land were potatoes fer- 

 tilized each year with one ton of Stockbridge Special Pota- 



