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been obtained in the county, many of which have been certified 

 under oath to the Massachusetts and Essex Agricultural Societies ; 

 others have come under my own personal observation, or rest upon 

 testimony so well authenticated that it is difficult to reject it. Where 

 the products themselves have been actually measured, and the land 

 on which they were grown measured, and the whole certified by the 

 asseverations and oaths of persons, whose credibility is unquestioned, 

 I am at a loss to know by what right or reason these statements 

 should be distrusted. The authorities are at the service of those 

 persons, whose curiosity would be gratified by knowing them. 



Of Wheat, 24, 25, and 32 bushels to the acre. 



Of Indian Corn, 70, 72, 84, 90J, 90f, 105, 110, 113^, 115, 

 11 7^ bushels. 



Of Barley, 50, 51^, 52, 54 bushels. 



Of Rye, 40, 56 bushels. 



Of Oats, 1,000 bushels on 20 acres. 



Of Potatoes, 400, 484, 518J bushels. 



Of Carrots, 849, 864, 878, and 900 bushels. 



Of Mangold Wurtzel, 924, and 1,340 bushels to an acre at 

 56 lbs. to a bushel. 



Of Beets, 783 bushels. 



Of RuTA Baga, 688, 903 bushels. 



Of English Turnips, 636, 687, 672, 751, 814 bushels. 



Of Onions, 651 bushels. 



From one acre of land upwards of three tons of well cured Millet 

 were obtained. 



From one acre of redeemed meadow 4^ tons of English Hay 

 were weighed and sold in 1836-7. 



From six acres of land more than 29 tons of good English Hay, 

 weighed at the town scales, have been cut in a season. 



Six hundred dollars worth of Winter Squashes were sold the last 

 season from two acres of land. The number of pounds is not ascer- 

 tained. The market price was very high. 



The products of an acre and a half in a garden, the present sea- 

 son, are worthy of notice. 



