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VEGETARLES- 



the tops cut off, the roots laid in rows and then thrown 

 into the wagon as one would throw stove wood. 



Cost of plowing and otlier preparation, - - - $1,00 



Manm-e, 10,00 



Seed and sowing, « - - - - 1,40 



Cultivation, ' - 4,00 



Harvesting, .--.-* 3,00 



Total, - - . - - $19,40 



Produce 6720 lbs., equal to 26 tons and 1760 lbs. per 

 acre, or equal to 896 bushels per acre. 



Tops not weighed, but think they were worth one-half 

 the cost of harvesting. 



VEGETABLES. 



The Committee on vegetables, award the following 

 premiums and gratuities : 



KITCHEN VEGETABLES. 



1st, to J. M. Sawtell, of Fitchburg, $10,00 



POTATOES. 



1st, to Loriston Stockwell, of Fitchburg, 2,00 



2d, to Edwin S. Burnap, of Fitchburg, 1,00 



3d, to George Miles, of Westminster, ,50 



MARROW SQUASHES. 



1st, to Thomas R. Boutelle, of Fitchburg, 1,00 



2d, to Walter Heywood, of Fitchburg, ,50 



HUBBARD SQUASHES. 



1st, to Wm. G. Wyman, of Fitchburg, 1,00 



2d, to Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, ,50 



PUMPKINS. 



1st, to Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, ,75 



