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STATEMENT OF A CROP OF ONIONS RAISED BY 

 KENT & MAESH. 



The half acre of onions we enter for premium is on the 

 same piece of land that we entered last year, the treat- 

 ment being different. We spread 4i cords of stable ma- 

 nure last fall and let it lay until the spring. It was 

 ploughed April 18th and sown April 24th with 2 lbs. Dan- 

 vers Yellow Globe and i lb. Cracker Onion seed. The seed 

 came up splendid but the maggots thinned them some- 

 what. Had we sown all Danvers Globe seed the result 

 would have been larger, as we found the Cracker onion 

 not near the cropper as the Danvers. We have had three 

 good crops from the same piece and shall sow it again 

 with onion next season. 



CROP. 



Ploughing and preparing, 



42 cords manure at $5.00, 



2i lbs. seed at 13.00, 



Sowing, 



Hoeing and weeding, 



Harvesting, 



175 00 



Or. 



By 404 bush, onions at 60 cts., $242 40 



Profit, $168 40 



Respectfully submitted, 



Kent & Marsh. 



This is to certify that I have measured the onion land 

 for Kent& Marsh and find it to contain eighty rods. 



Chas. W. Nelson. 



