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The land was plowed in the fall of 1889, ten inches deep, 

 and barn manure, six cords per acre, spread on and harrowed 

 in. Cross plowed in the spring and five hundred lbs. of 

 phosphate sowed on and brushed in, raked once and sowed 

 on the 25th of April with three lbs. of improved Maltese 

 parsnip seed. 



Not wishing to harvest the whole crop at the present time, 

 as it is in good growing condition, I have selected five rows 

 each side of the piece measured and weighed fifty-five lbs. to 

 bui-bel and the yield was at the rate of two hundred and 

 fifty-nine bushels on the one-half acre. 



Andover, Mass., Oct. 27, '90. 

 This certifies that I have this day measured a tract of 

 land, having on it a crop of parsnips, owned by Chas. C. 

 Blunt/ of Andover, and entered by him for the Essex Agri- 

 cultural Society's premium, and that such tract contained 

 eighty rods of land. 



Samuel Thayer. 



