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Profit per acre, $40 65 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. C. Blunt. 



Andover, Mass., Oct. 26, 1894. 

 I hereby certify that I measured the land, and noted the 

 weight of the crop of rye that was raised in Andover, 

 Mass., this year, 1894, on the farm of Chas. C. Blunt, and 

 that the land measured one acre, and the rye grain that 

 grew thereon, was 21i bushels, at 56 lbs. to the bushel, 

 and the straw was 4200 lbs. 



Samuel Thayer. 



REPORT OF DELEGATE FROM STATE BOARD 

 OF AGRICULTURE. 



The seventy-tliird annual cattle show and fair of the 

 Essex Agricultural Society, was held in the city of Haver- 

 hill, on Sept. 19, 20 and 21, 1893. Your delegate ar- 

 rived in the city on the afternoon of the first day. We 

 went direct to City Hall where we found a large display, 



