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good keepers, but the quality of the St. Patricks is decidedly 

 superior. 



Except for earliness, I think the St. Patricks has no supei'ior in 

 any valuables property. The following is an account of the crop and 

 the cost of making it : — 



41 bushels St. Patricks, at 60 cents, 

 85 bushels Burbanks, at 50 cents, 

 3;^ bushels pig potatoes. 



Value of crop, 

 Plowing, planting and cultivating. 

 Seed, 16 bushels at 75 cents. 

 Manure and applying, 

 Paris green and plaster, 

 Digging, 



Total cost of raising. 



Profit on ^ acre, $25 80 



Yours, verj^ respectfully, 

 Amherst, Oct. 29th, 1883. John C. Dillon. 



BY ALVIN SANDERSON. 



The piece of land contained one acre, plowed and furrowed in 

 early spring. The furrows were filled with tobacco stalks, no other 

 fertilizer being used. Variety' of potato used, Beauty of Hebron. 

 Five bushels being used, cut to single eyes and planted one foot 

 apart. Said crop was cultivated and hoed three times, and in Aug- 

 ust dug and sold for 50 cents per bushel. 



Tobacco stalks, $8 00 



Plowing and harrowing, 3 00 



Seed and planting, 7 00 



Cultivating and harvesting, 11 00 



Dr., $29 00 



Cr. by 370 bushels, at 50 cents, $185 00 



