76 



Br. Or. 



To ploughing i acre, $ 1.50 



To harrowing and brushing, .60 



To opening drills and applying fertilizer, 1.25 

 To 3 cords manure on ground, 18.00 



To i ton Stockbridge l\)tato Fertilizer, 20.00 

 To cultivation, 2.00 



To digging and storing, 7.00 



To seed (from W. W. Rawson) 6.00 



To interest and taxes, 5.00 



161.25 

 By 152 bushels potatoes at 60c., 191.20 



By 7 bushels small ones, at 20c. 1.40 



$92.60 



Profit on \ acre, 1:31.35. 

 Profit on 1 acre, 62. 70. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John H. George. 



Methuen, Mass., Sept. 30, 1895. 

 This is to certify that I helped measure the land on 

 wliich John H. George's potato crop grew, and it contains 

 i acre. 



Lyman George. 



STATEMENT CONCERNING A CROP OF CARROTS RAISED 

 BY C. C. BLUNT, ANDOVER, MASS., IN 1895. 

 'I'he land on wliich I raised the crop of carrots which I 

 enter for premium is a light, deep loam. The crop of 

 1803 was peas, manured with phosphate, at the rate of 800 

 lbs. per acre, followed with a crop of barley. The crop of 

 1894 was carrots. 1500 lbs. of phosphate was used and a 

 large crop raised. 



