8? 



Or. 



By 342 bushels onions at 80 cts., -$278 60 

 Net profit, 229 10 



Respectfully submitted, 



James Manning. 



This is to certify that I measured for Mr. James Man- 

 ning 21,780 square feet of land out of his onion bed, or 

 one-half acre. 



John H. Towne. 



STATEMENT OF CHAS. C. BLUNT, ANDOVER. 



The land occupied by the crop of parsnips which I enter 

 for premium is a light loam with a gravelly subsoil. The 

 crop in 1889 was parsnips with barn manure at the rate of 

 seven cords per acre. 



The crop of 1890 was onions, no barn manure was used 

 but 1000 lbs. of phosphate. The land was ploughed in the 

 fall of 1890 twelve inches deep, and barn manure eight 

 cords to the acre, spread on and harrowed in, cross ploughed 

 in the spring (no phosphate used this season), harrowed, 

 brushed and raked, and sowed on the 15th day of April 

 with four pounds of seed. As I usually leave a part of the 

 crop in the ground over winter, as spring dug parsnips 

 bring a good price, I have selected several rows, measured 

 and weighed fifty-five pounds to the bushel, and the yield 

 was at the rate of two hundred and eighty-eight bushels on 

 the one-half acre. 



COST OF CROP. 



Preparation of land, $-3 75 



Manure four cords, 24 00 



Hoeing, weeding and thinning, 20 00 



Seed and sowing, 3 00 



Harvesting, 10 00 



$60 75 



