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The crop was cultivated twice each way, hoed twice,. 

 and harvested October 5. 



Quantity of No. 1 squashes on 1 acre, 24,488 lbs. 



Seconds estimated, 1,000 lbs- 



This certifies that I weighed one load of the squashes 

 which P. M. Ilsley entered for premium, and loaded the 

 remainder as near as possible to an equal weight, and that 

 the above figures are correct. 



John M. Little, Jr. 



Cost of crop : 



Ploughing and preparing ground, about $5 00 



Value of manure applied, about 58 00 



Seed and planting, about 3 00 



Cultivation and care, 10 00 



Harvesting and storing, about 12 00 



-183 00 

 Paul M. Ilsley. 

 Newbury, Oct. 25. 



This certifies that I measured the land on which P. M. 

 Ilsley raised the above crop of squashes, and that its area 

 is one acre. 



Joseph Ilsley. 



statement of charles w. mann, ok methuen, on 

 cabbage crop. 



To the Committer, on Root Crops : 



The crop of cabbages that I enter for premium was 

 grown on a sidehill piece running from wet meadow to 

 gravelly knoll. 



In 1885 and 188G the land yielded a crop of stone that 

 would certainly have taken a premium had there been 

 one offered for that crop. The yield was fully 800 perch 

 per acre and perhaps more, as it was just cram full of 

 them and big ones too. The land was first ploughed in 

 November, 1886, with a team of four, two oxen and two 

 horses, and it was a tough job. 



