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16, which had no manure. This I find worth 2 cents 

 and 7 mills, if I value the several kinds as the commit- 

 tee have done. Lot No. 1 is supposed to be better by 

 -g-L than No. 16, in soil. Therefore, I would add ~ of 

 2 cents and 7 mills to 2 cents and 7 mills, and get 2 

 cents and 8 or 9 mills. Subtract this from 16 cents and 

 2 mills, (the value of the crop on No. 1), and the re- 

 mainder is 13 cents 3 mills, instead of 10 cents, as given 

 by the committee. I wish it to be distinctly under- 

 stood that I make no complaint of the doings of the 

 committee; and that in this note I am only saying that 

 / should get at results differing from those given in the 

 table. Perhaps the reason of the difference is the in- 

 distinctness or errors of the statement which I handed 

 in. That was prepared in much haste, when other la- 

 bors pressed heavily upon me. 



ALLEN PUTNAM. 

 January 27, 1843. 



