ROOTS. 4T 



one foot to eighteen inches apart in tlie drill, (put one piece of potato 

 in a hill where they were large enough to cut, or a whole one if not 

 larger than a lien's egg.) I put eight horse loads, of fifteen bushels to 

 the load, of common barn yard manure in the hills, witli a large spoon- 

 ful of plaster and ashes, equal parts in each hill, and the same of 

 plaster and ashes the first time hoeing. Hoed twice ; the lot contains 

 forty rods. 



Cost of plowing, &c., 



Value of manure, 



Cost of seed and planting, 



" Cultivating, 



*• Harvesting, 



$22 00 

 "Weight of crop as certified by E. Burpee of the committee, Oct. 

 27th, 4420 lbs., or 73| bushels. 



CYRUS KILBURN'S STATEMENT. 



POTATOES. 



The crop upon this same piece of ground in 1864 was corn, With 

 twelve loads manure per acre, in 1865, buckwheat with no manure; 

 the soil is black loam. For the present crop I plowed once six inches 

 deep and put four loads compost in the hill. Planted about the middle 

 of May, rows 3 1-2 feet apart, hills 2 1-2 feet apart, four bushels of 

 the " Garnet Chile" variety. Hoed three times, and harvested about 

 the 12th of October. The potatoes were all sound and free from dis- 

 ease, as this variety has always claimed to be. They are a fair eating 

 potato and prolific. 



Cost of plowing the one-fourth acre, 



'* Seed and planting, 



" Cultivating, 



" Harvesting, 

 Value of manure, 



$17 00 

 Weight of crop as certified by E. Graham, Chairman Committe, 

 Oct. 15th, 3860 lbs., or 64 J bushels. 



