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Dug over by hand, six inches deep, $5.00 ; holed it for 

 the seed; cost of preparation, $3.00; Dole fertilizer, 

 spoonful in the hill, $3.50 ; planted May 25th, in hills ; 

 seed four and one- half bushels of potatoes, Clark No. 1 ; 

 cost of seed and planting, $8.25 ; hoed by hand once ; cost 

 of cultivation, $5.00; harvested the first of October, dug 

 by hand ; cost of harvesting, $15.00 ; amount of potatoes, 

 320 bushels; cost of crop, $39.75. 



Stephen A. Jaques. 



This will certify that I have measured one-half acre ot 

 reclaimed land, planted with potatoes last season by S. A. 

 Jaques of West Newbury. 



Eobert A. Amend. 



West Newbury, Oct. 16, 1886. 



Note. — Product, per acre, 320 bushels potatoes, at 



same value as Mr. George's, $160.00 



Cost per acre, 39.75 



Profit per acre, $120.25 



STATEMENT OF J. E. PAGE, ON CABBAGES. 



The piece of cabbage entered by me contains one-half 

 acre. The soil is a gravelly loam. For the past two 

 years the crop has been potatoes, manured with a compost 

 of muck, night soil and barn manure applied broadcast. 

 Last Fall the piece was sown with rye, which in May last 

 was cut and put into the silo. The land was then ploughed 

 and rolled, and a compost of loam, livers and halibut heads 

 and horse manure, was applied broadcast, and well worked 

 into the soil with a Climax harrow. June 11 it was planted 

 with Warren's Stone Mason seed, in rows three, and hills 

 two feet apart. Three hundred pounds of Ames fertilizer 

 was put in the hills. The piece was horse and hand hood 

 three times. 



