105 



Five cords manure and spreading, 32.00 



Two and one-half pounds seed, 1.00 



$80.00* 

 J. W. Blodgett. 



East Saugus, Oct. 30, 1886. 



*Note. — Products, per acre, 87,750 lbs., or 43 7-8 net tons of 

 mangolds. 

 Expense of crop, per acre, $160 00 



This certifies that I have measured a piece of land on 

 which J. W. Blodgett grew mangolds this season, and 

 find it contains one-half acre, and the mangolds to weigh 

 43,875 pounds, by estimation, one sample row having 

 been weighed. Harrison Nourse. 



East Saugus, Oct. 30, 1886. 



STATEMENT OF WALTER SMITH & CO., OF METHUEN. 

 TURNIP CROP. 



The turnip crop (Ruta Bagas) was produced on one-half 

 acre of land, which in 1884 was in grass, run out. In 

 1885 the crop was oats, fertilized with 500 pounds of phos- 

 phate, and in 1886 one and a half cords of barn-yard ma- 

 nure was used. 

 Cost of cultivating twice with one man and 



horse, 1 hour each time, 2 hours, $ .60 



Thinning with 2 men, 1 day, 3.00 



$3.60 

 Products— 232 1-2 bush. Swedes or Ruta Bagas, $104.62. 



Walter Smith & Co. 

 As witness thereof. 



Colin Whitely, Methuen, Mass. 



