107 



Products— 9 tons carrots, $12 per ton, 108.00* 

 Less cost, 62.35 



$45.65 

 remaining; in the land, 12.50 



Allowing half the value of the manure 



The result will be a profit of $58.15* 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. K. Ordway. 



I certify that I measured the land on which the above 

 crop of carrots was raised and that it contained ninety 

 square rods, and no more. 



Richard Newell. 



*Note. — Crop, per acre, 16 tons carrots, $192 00 



Expenses, per acre, (less half value manure), 88 62 



Profit per acre, exclusive of rent value of land, $103 38 



STATEMENT OF ASA T. NEWHALL, ON SQUASH CROP. 



The following is a statement concerning a crop consist- 

 ing of Essex Hybrid and Hubbard squashes raised by Asa 

 T. Newhall in the city of Lynn, 1886, on (300) three 

 hundred square rods of land. 



The crops of 1884 consisted of potatoes, followed by 

 squashes, on one-half the field, and sweet corn, followed 

 by winter rye, on balance. One application of manure at 

 the rate of about eight cords per acre of stable and barn- 

 yard manure for both crops, excepting the use of 200 

 pounds of Ames fertilizer per acre used in the drill for 

 squashes. 



The crops of 1885 consisted of beets, sweet corn, fol- 

 lowed by barley for fodder purposes, and cabbages follow- 



