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EYE AND OATB. 



STATEMENT OF EDWARD WHITE, OF MARSHFIELD. 



The land wliere the rye was raised was plowed first time in 

 fall of 1875, and sown to rye. Plowed again fall of 1876 and 

 sown to rye. One acre surveyed by your Committee was har- 

 vested and threshed, and yielded thirty and one half bushels, 

 without the use of any fertilizer. 



The land where the oats was raised was plowed fall of 1876, 

 sown the spring of 1877. One acre surveyed by your Commit- 

 tee was harvested and threshed, and yielded forty-three and 

 one half bushels. 



The above crops were raised on Green Harbor marsh, with- 

 out the aid of any fertilizer. 



