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1 hereby certify that I have measured one acre of 

 ground, planted, with barley, entered Tor premium by 

 Wm. W. Perkins of Newbury. 



Nov., 1888. 



James PI. IlSLey, Newbury. 



This may certify that I have measured for Wm. W. 

 Perkins of Newbury, forty-three and three-fourths bush- 

 els barley, grown on one acre of ground. 



HENllY MORUISSEY. 



Newbury, Nov., 1888. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROOT CROPS. 



The committee selected to examine the Root Crops 

 entered for the society's premiums, have attended to that 

 duty, and report ten entries from seven competitors, viz. : 



John H. George, Methuen, crop of onions. Chas. W. 

 Mann, Methuen, crop of onions and cabbage. H. Gr. 

 Herrick, Lawrence, crop of carrots. Paul M. llsley, 

 Newbury, crop of squashes. Romulus Jaques, West 

 Newbury, crops, Swede turnips, and onions. C. K. Ord- 

 way & Son, West Newbury, crop carrots. David Warren, 

 Swampscott, crops, cabbages and squashes. 



Your committee feel that they have been amply repaid 

 for the time and expense they have incurred in visiting 

 the different competitors for premiums, as they have been 

 most hospitably entertained in every case, and our hosts 

 were not only willing and desirous to show all of their 

 farm products and talk freely of the different methods of 

 farming, but were willing and anxious to show us other 

 farms or anything that might be of interest in their res- 

 pective towns, to an extent that would consume more 

 time than was at our command. 



The first visit we made was to see Mr. John PI. George's 

 crop of onions on Sept. 11, and found a heavy crop of 

 medium size, all dried down, and ready to pull and mar- 



