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The produce of the several kinds were as follows : 

 No. 1, - 4 bushels planted, product 57 bushels — hills 63S 

 No. 2, - 2 " " " 25i " " 261 



Black Potatoe, 4 " '* " 42 " " 529 



Chenango or ^ ^ .. ,, „ o.^^ ., ., 3qq 



Mercer Polatoe '^ 



I2h 147 1798 



I am, gentlemen, with respect, your ob't serv't, 



DANIEL BURNHAM. 

 Newhunjport, Sept. 29, 1S29. 



THOMAS PAYSON'S STATEMENT. 



This may certify, that the subscriber planted, last May, 105 rodg 

 of ground with potatoes; the land was a sandy loam, which had 

 been planted one year and sowed the next, in succession for up- 

 wards of one hundred years, as my ancestors have stated. 



In April, I turned out the corn roots with a plough, in May, I 

 spread about two cords of manure on the same, which was taken 

 from my hog yard — ploughed it 16th — Planted it from the 20th to 

 the 26th of May, with eleven bushels of potatoes, as follows ; viz : — 



Planted one row, 80 hills, one large red potatoe in a hill, weight 

 21i pounds, produced 370 pounds, equal to about 17h from one. 



One row, two pieces in a hill from large potatoes, weight 21 1 

 pounds, produced 428 pounds, equal to 19j from one. 



One row, three pieces in a hill, weight 20 pounds, produced 424 

 pounds, equal to 21 from one. 



Planted in one row the most prongy red potatoes I could select, 

 when gathered proved as fair and as sizeable as those in the ad- 

 joining rows. 



Cut out one pound of eyes, planted 56 hills, 6 eyes in a hill, pro- 

 duced 120 pounds. 



The above where red potatoes, imported from Belfast, Maine, last 

 spring. 



Planted one row, 80 hills, with largo white potatoes, one in a hill, 

 weight 201, produced 305 pounds, equal to 14j from one. 



One row, t\vo pieces or halves in a hill, weight 20^, produced 

 330 pounds, equal to 16 from one. 



