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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROOT CROPS. 



The committee selected to examine the Root Crops en- 

 tered for the Society's premiums, have attended to that 

 duty, and report eighteen entries, from twelve competi- 

 tors, viz. : 



John H. George, Methuen, Onions and Potatoes. • 



Walter Smith & Co., Methuen, Sweede Turnips. 



Benj. H. Farnham, Andover, Cabbages — withdrawn. 



Ansel W. Putnam, Danvers, Potatoes. 



Asa T. Newhall, Lynn, Onions and Squashes. 



J. E. Page, Superintendent of Pickman farm, Salem, 

 Cabbages. 



Cyrus K. Ordway, West Newbury, Carrots. 



Stephen A. Jaques, West Newbury, Cabbages and Po- 

 tatoes. 



Daniel Carleton, Andover, Cabbages. 



J. W. Blodgett, East Saugus, Mangold Wurtzels. 



J. W. Blodgett, East Saugus, Squashes, withdrawn. 



M. B. Faxon, Saugus, Potatoes. 



James Manning, Topsfield, Onions, Turnips, Carrots. 



It is the opinion of your committee that onions, squashes 

 and potatoes ought all to be entered by Sept. 15, as, if 

 entered at a much later date, the probability is that the 

 committee may not be able to see those crops before har- 

 vesting. 



Although it has required considerable time and expense, 

 your committee feel that we have been amply repaid for 

 our trouble, as we have had the pleasure of visiting some 

 of the best farms and farmers of Essex County, and in 

 every case have been cordially received, and had their 

 several systems of farming freely explained to us. 



John H. George's crop of onions was a very heavy one, 

 raised on reclaimed swamp land, with no other drainage 



