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$10. First premium, to John H. George, Methuen, for crop 



potatoes. 

 $10. First premium, to Daniel Carlton, North Andover, for 



crop cabbage. 

 $10. First premium, to David Warren, Swampscott, for crop 



Bay state squash. 

 $5. Second premium, to Cornelius Moynihan, Newbury, for 



crop Ruta Baga turnips. 

 John M. Danforth, for the Committee. 



STATEMENT OF A CROP OF ONIONS, GROWN BY JOHN EL GEORGE, OF 



METHUEN. 



The half acre of onions, which I enter for the society's premi- 

 um, were grown on a peat meadow. It has had onions grown on 

 it for the last five years, and has been manured each year at the 

 rate of, not to exceed 10 cords compost to the acre. This year 

 it had about 4 cords good manure, horse, cow and night soil, mixed 

 on the half acre. It was applied last fall, and ploughed in about 

 4 inches deep with one horse. This spring it was harrowed, 

 brushed, dragged, and sown with Yellow Danvers onion seed, 

 C lbs. to the acre ; 12 inches between the rows ; hoed 5 times; 

 weeded 3 times ; raked out, picked up into crates, piled up in 

 the field to dry ; when dry carted to the onion house, topped and 

 sold. The yield was 312 bushels medium sized onions with not 

 a scullion among them. 



CROP OF ONIONS. 



Dr. 



To Manure, 4 cords, $20.00 



Ploughing, harrowing, brushing and digging, 3.00 



3 lbs. onion seed, 6.00 



Sowing, 1.00 



Hoeing 5 times, 2 1-2 days work. 3.75 



Weeding 3 times boy labor at 75 cents, 7.00 



