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We looked the raspberries over. The Cuthberts were as 

 fine as I ever saw. I did not see them when in bearing, it 

 being impossible for me to attend to it at that time. Your 

 committee consider the strawberries and raspberries both 

 worthy, and report awards as follows : 



$10. First premium, to George J. Peirce. West Newbury, 



for strawberry crop. 

 $10. First premium, to George J. Peirce, West Newbury, 



for raspberry crop. 



Mr. Peirce has sent the following statement which I for- 

 ward : 



J. Henry Hill, 



Chairman of Committee. 



STATEMENTS OF GEORGE J. PEIRCE, OF WEST NEWBURY, 

 ON STRA'SVBERRY CROP. 



On strawberry bed No. 1, area 101 square rods, soil slaty, 

 sloping north. Land broke up in 1885 ; three cords of 

 dressing spread and harrowed in, and planted with potatoes, 

 200 pounds of " Ames' " fertilizer put in the hills. In 

 1886 : ploughed, and 6000 strawberry vines, mostly Wilsons 

 and Crescents, a few Manchester and Charles Downings, 

 set on the bed in May, 1886. Four barrels hen manure 

 and one load of barn manure mixed, and put on in June. 

 In December, covered with mulch. In 1887, when vines 

 were in blossom, applied three barrels of wood ashes. 

 Weeded three times. 



crop of 1887. 



1886. — Cost of ploughing and preparing land, $4 00 



Four barrels hen manure, $3, one load barn 



manure, $2, mixed, and applied in June, at 



-S7.92 per acre, 5 00 



6000 '-Crescent" and " Wilson" strawberry 



plants, 15 00 



Planting same in May, at §3 per acre, 1 89 



