68 



Sold crop for .60 per bushel, |212 40 



Less cost, 87 00 



Profit on one-half acre, $125 40 



Respectfully submitted, 



John H. George. 



I hereby certify that the land on which grew the above 

 crop contains one-half acre. 



Frank W. George. 



statement concerning a crop of potatoes raised 

 by john h. george, methuen, mass., 1900. 



The crop grown on this piece of land in 1899 was 

 grass. The land is a peat meadow. The manure used 

 was two cords stable manure and one-half ton Stockbridge 

 potato fertilizer, all applied broadcast. The cost of prepa- 

 ration of soil, manure, and cultivation, $35 ; harvesting 

 and storing, $7.50 ; total, $42.50. Crop harvested, 85 

 bushels. 



75 bush, large ones, at .60 per bush., $45 00 

 10 bush, small ones, at .25, 2 50 



$47 50 

 42 50 



Profit on half acre, $5.00 



Respectfully submitted, 



John H. George. 



I hereby certify that the land on which grew the above 

 crop of potatoes contains one-half acre. 



Frank W. George. 



statement of a crop of carrots raised by n. p. 



PERKINS, WENHAM, 1900. 



The crop for 1898 was squashes, manured with barn 

 manure and a small quantity of fertilizer in the hill. The 



