74 



Br. 



Ploughing i acre, ^\ 50- 



Harrowing, applying fertilizer and brushing, 1 50 



One-half ton Stockbridge onion fertilizer, 20 00 



Sowing and rolling, 1 00 



Hoeing five times, 4 50 

 Weeding (boy's work at 75c per day), 10 day's work, 7 50 



Seed, ' 8 00 



Harvesting and toj)ping, 15 00 



Marketing, 10 00 



Interest and taxes on land, 5 00 



^74 00 



Or. 



By 481i bushels onions at 75c., #361 13 



Profit on one-half acre, *287 13 



" " one acre, .$574 26 



Not a very bad showing for Stockbridge onion fertilizer 



and elbow grease. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John H. George. 



Methuen, Mass., Sept. 30, 1895. 

 This may certify that I measured the piece of ground on 

 which grew the crop of onions entered for the Essex 

 County Agricultural Society premium, and it contains one 

 half acre. 



Walter Smith. 



STATEMENT CONCERNING A CROP OF POTATOES RAISED 

 BY JOHN H. GEORGE, METHUEN, MASS., 1895. 



The crop of '94 was a crop of oats cut for fodder, July 

 10th, ploughed and sowed to barley which was cut for fod- 



