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On Sept. 15 we visited Asa T. Newhall's onion crop, 

 which was raised on land similar to that of Mr. George's, 

 it being reclaimed meadow land. Mr. Newhall's onions, 

 at the time of our call, were perfectly ripe, and of excel- 

 lent quality and of medium size ; they were very thick, 

 however, pressing out so the rows seemed to be in places 

 scarcely six inches apart. 



The contest between Mr. Newhall and Mr. George 

 appeared to be very close, the one raised by the use of 

 a compost, at the rate of eight cords to the acre, the other 

 on commercial fertilizers, at the rate of one ton per acre. 



The committee did not venture to intimate, even to each 

 other, which of the contestants would win. When the 

 statements came in they showed a difference of fifteen 

 bushels on the half acre, with a record of 1090 and 1120 

 bushels per acre, the difference being only about one-half 

 cent in cost per bushel. 



In 1871 Mr. Gregory came down to Newbury to see 

 a crop of 970 bushels to the acre. He said, "This is a 

 remarkable crop, worth a journey of thirty miles to see." 



In 1886 there are a£ least three crops in the county — 

 one of 1080, one of 1090, and the other 1123 bushels per 

 acre, and all first quality onions. We believe this never 

 has been excelled, and perhaps never will be. 



The Society may well be proud of these results, and of 

 the fact that the producers of these enormous crops are 

 members of its association. These are no chance crops, 

 but were especially prepared for large results by men who 

 are educated, and are educators at our Institute meetings. 



At the same time we looked over a field of squashes, 

 raised among early potatoes, which have since been en- 

 tered for premium by Mr. Newhall, and by his statement 

 we notice that he has a heavy yield of squashes, and not 

 content with two crops, has a fair chance to get a nice lot 

 of turnips for third crop. 



