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This is to certify that I have measured the potatoes raised 

 by Robert Frank Dodge, of Wenham, and entered by him, 

 for premium, and that his statement is correct. 



Francis S. Lovett, Jr. 



Oct. 1887. 



I hereby certify that 1 measured one-half acre of land, 

 planted to potatoes, for Robert Frank Dodge, of Wenham, 

 to be entered for premium with Essex County Agricultural 

 Society. 



John P. M. Green. 



Oct. 1887. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN H. GEORGE, METHUEN, ON ONION CROPS. 



The half acre of onions, which I enter for the Society's 

 premium, is in two pieces of one-quarter acre each, treated 

 in an entirely different manner, so it will be proper for me 

 to treat them separately in this report. For convenience, I 

 will call them Lots No. 1 and 2. 



Lot No. 1 had onions on it last year. In 1885, it had 

 potatoes. For manure, it had, last year, eight cords com- 

 post, similar to that used this year, to the acre. The soil 

 of both pieces is reclaimed meadow land. 



This year it had at the rate of eight cords compost, made 

 of stable manure, night soil, road dust, and coal ashes, to 

 the acre. The compost, two cords, was put on last fall, 

 with a Kemp manure spreader, and cultivated in. In the 

 spring, the piece was harrowed with an 0. K. harrow, 

 brushed with a brush harrow, drugged, and sown with five 

 pounds yellow Danvcrs seed per acre (except one-quarter 

 pound which was early red globe). This piece was hoed 

 five times ; weeded three times ; when ripe, cut up with a 

 circular hoe, raked out with a wooden toothed lawn rake, 

 topped and stored. The yield was 236 bushels, measured. 



