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The piece of land of David Warren's, having a crop of 

 cabbage, contains one acre and a quarter of land. 



Allen Rowe. 



statement <>f h. g. kerrick, of lawrence, on carrot 



CROP. 



The land occupied by this crop is an apple orchard, the 

 trees of six years planting, twenty-five feet apart, and is 

 one-half acre in Methuen. The land is a dark, heavy 

 loam and rather wet. 



The crop of 1880 was mangolds, manured with stable 

 manure. The crop of 1887 was corn ; manure 18 loads 

 (30 bushels per load), stable manure, and Mapes' corn 

 fertilizer broadcast and in hills, 500 lbs. 



The land was ploughed in fall of 1887, cross ploughed 

 in spring of 1888, 7 to 8 inches deep, harrowed with 

 wheel and smoothing harrows. The land was too wet 

 and heavy to be pulverized as well as it ought to have 

 been. Manured with 5 cords stable manure ploughed in. 

 Sowed May "I'd. The seed was bought for Danvers, but 

 proved, to my great disgust, about one-half (leronde. 

 Rows 17 inches apart ; weeded and hoed twice, thinned 

 and cultivated with a small tooth cultivator about as close 

 as possible. Harvested last week in October. 

 Amount of crop : 458 bushels = 12.6 tons. 



Cost, manure, 



Hauling and spreading manure, 



Ploughing and harrowing, 



Seed, 



Sowing, 



Weeding and hoeing, 



Harvesting, 



Total cost, 



Note— Product per acre, 2(3.9.") tons, at $12 per ton, 

 Cost per acre, 



Profit per acre, £200.07 



