ON THE CULTIVATION OF IMIXED AND GRAIN CROPS. 81 



14 quarts per acre, weighing 54 lbs. per bushel. The 

 Committee who viewed the premises undoubtedly notic- 

 ed that the mixed crops were planted on that end of the 

 lot which is the poorest soil. 



Your ob't servant, 



ASA T. NEWHALL. 

 Lynnfield, Nov. 27, 1843. 



I hereby certify that I measured the foregoing lots of 

 land, and the measure of each lot as above described is 

 correct. JOSIAPI NEWHALL. 



ASA T. NEW HALL'S LETTER. 



When I first planted potatoes with corn in alternate 

 rows, three years ago, it was not with the expectation 

 of increasing the crops of either, but to make the exper- 

 iment whether potatoes of a better quality would be pro- 

 duced by growing among and being partially shaded by 

 the corn than by being fully exposed to the rays of the 

 sun ; the year previous the only potatoes I raised that 

 w^ere eatable grew on the margin and under the trees 

 in the corn field. A patch on bog land which appeared 

 very promising until nearly grown, by a few days of 

 great heat in the month of August, were blighted so that 

 the vines became slimy, and when harvested were unfit 

 for use ; the potatoes grown among the corn for three 

 years past have been of a good quality, much better than 

 those of the same kinds grown in the usual w'ay ; sam- 

 ples of those raised with the corn the present year have 

 been tried by several of m}' neighbors, and bv persons 

 in Lynn and Salem, who pronounce them to be very 

 good, and some of them say the best they ever had. 

 The rohans and pink eyes which have been considered 

 the most ordinary kinds for eating, sell readily in the 

 market to those who have tried them. 



Yours truly, ASA T. NEWHALL. 



Dr. Andrew Nichols. 



