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to Fertilizer with no other manure, and each one took the 

 society's first premium. With the exception of what was 

 put on the land in the fall of 1898, there has been no ma- 

 nure on the land for nine years, it being in grass five years, 

 in potatoes four years, fertilized as above stated. In the 

 fall of '98 there was spread on the piece stable manure at 

 the rate of six cords per acre and ploughed in. The spring 

 of "99 there was put on Stockbridge Special Onion Fertil- 

 izer 3000 lbs. per acre. The land was harrowed with 

 tooth harrow, brushed with a birch brush, dragged and 

 sowed with four pounds per acre Danvers Yellow Globe 

 Onion Seed from Warren Barker of Danvers. It was 

 rolled in with a hand roller. The}^ were hoed five times 

 with Arlington scuffle hoe, weeded four times, cut out 

 with a circular wheel hoe, gathered in crates and stored 

 in onion house. 



The yield was 419 bushels, which sold for what this 

 year I consider a fancy price, 55 cents per bushel. 



The cost of crop was : 



Dr. 



For 3 cords manure on land, 

 " 1500 lbs. Stockbridge Onion Fertilizer, 

 " preparation of land for seed, ploughing, har- 

 rowing, dragging, etc., 

 " 2 lbs. onion seed, at $3.00, 

 " sowing and rolling, 

 " hoeing, 

 "• weeding, 

 "• harvesting, topping and marketing, at 5c. per 



bushel, 

 " interest and taxes on land. 



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