This spring ploughed the ground and sowed \ ton of 

 phosphate on the half acre. Harrowed in and smoothed 

 with a drag; seed sown on the 10th of June at the rate of 

 2i lbs. per acre. 



The dry weather affected the crop somewhat. 



COST OF CROP. 



Preparation of land, $ 4.00 



1000 lbs. phosphate, 16.00 



Seed and sowing, 2.25 



Hoeing, weeding and thinning, 17.00 



Harvesting, 10.00 



$107.76. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



C. C. Blunt. 



Andover, Mass., Oct. 28, 1895. 

 I hereby certify that I have measured a field of carrots 

 for C. C. Blunt, entered for premium, and find it contains 

 one-half acre. 



Having measured the crop on the above piece, the yield 

 is 314 bushels, 55 pounds to the bushel. 



Samuel Thayer. 



STATEMENT CONCERNING A CROP OF ONIONS RAISED P.Y 

 KENT & MARSH, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASS., 1895. 



The crop of onions that we enter for premium is on land 

 that has been to onions for the past six years. There has 



