found in the market the price to be the same. For ieedmg 

 cattle and hogs the red is the most valuable. 



The whole quantity produced on the lot as above described 

 vvai three hundred and nii^ety-seven bushels. 



JESSE PUTNAM. 



JVovernber 22, 1820. 

 I certify that I was present and saw measured all the pota- 

 toes, raised on the lot of land above described by Col. Jesse 

 Putnam, and that there were three hundred and ninety-sevea 

 bushels. DANIEL PRESTON. 



Danvers, November 22, 1820. 

 1 hereby certify that I surveyed the field of land before men- 

 tioned, as planted with potatoes by Col. Jesse Putnam, on the 

 19th day of October, and found it to contain one acre and four 

 poles. Also, that there is now growing on this field about fifty 

 young apple trees ; and that, in my opinion, the injury arising 

 to the crop, from the shade of these trees, was more than suf- 

 ficient to balance the extra number of poles above one acre. 



JNO. W. PROCTOR. 



No. IV. 



OJV MJJYURE8, 



The committee appointed to exaniine and report on the ap- 

 plications for the premium offered ^' For a statement of the 

 best mode and means, in the power of farmers generally, and 

 drawn from the claimant's own practice, of increasing the quan- 

 tity and improving the quality of manures ; of their effects 

 when applied to the land, and of the manner of applying them," 

 have considered the two statements which have been presented^ 

 one by Benj. T. Reed, Esq. the other by Asa Andrews, Esq. 

 s|nd submit to the Trustees the following 



