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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROOT CROPS. 



The Committee chosen to examine the Root Crops 

 entered for premiums of Essex Agricultural Society, have 

 attended to that duty, and respectfully submit the follow- 

 ing, for 1887 : 

 $10. First premium, to Robert Frank Dodge, Wenham, 



for potato crop. 

 $10. First premium, to John H. George, Methuen, for 



onion crop. 

 $10. First premium, to Charles W. Mann, Methuen, for 



cabbage crop. 

 $10. First premium, to David Warren, Swampscott, for 



squash crop. 

 $10. First premium, to James P. King, Peabody, for 



Ruta Baga turnip crop. 



Nathaniel T. Kimball, for Committee. 



There have been in all eleven entries, from eight dif- 

 ferent competitors : 



Robert Frank Dodge, Wenham, two lots potatoes. 

 John H. George, Methuen, onions. Charles W. Mann, 

 Methuen, onions and cabbages. W. Smith & Co. Methu- 

 en, turnips and squashes. Rufus Goodwin, Ayers Village, 

 Haverhill, for potatoes. J. E. Page, Superintendent of 

 Pickman Farm, Salem, cabbages. David Warren, Swamp- 

 scott, squashes. James P. King, Peabody, turnips. 



Your committee were wisely selected from different 

 sections of the county, and by an agreement among them- 

 selves those in the different parts were specially called 

 upon to examine the crops near them. It is sometimes 

 very difficult to secure the presence of a committee of 

 six at any and all points of our county, so this arrange- 

 ment was made. 



One member of our committee we have not had the 

 pleasure of seeing at any meeting, though he has been 

 notified several times, of time and place to meet. There- 



