64 [Senate 



eel plowing a narrow land on one side of the field, rolled and har- 

 rowed immediately, while the ground was moist; then planted in drills 

 27 inches apart, five pounds seed to the acre; the seed were soaked in 

 soft water until they were sprouted, then rolled in plaster. During 

 the season, the crop was hoed three times. The first time the plants 

 were thinned out from 10 to 12 inches apart; the second time, the 

 ground was hoed and all the weeds cut; the third time a light plow 

 "svas used, and afterwards the hoe. The crop w^as harvested the last 

 of October and first of November, by digging with a spade. 



Expense of the Crop. 



20 loads of manure, 2s. per load, $5 00 



Plowing in the fall, three-fourths day, 131 



Plowing in the spring, three-fourths day, 1 31 



Rolling and harrowing, 1 day, 1 75 



Hoeing first time, 8 days' work, 6 00 



Second hoeing and transplanting, 8 days, 6 00 



Plowing, boy and horse, 1 day, 1 25 



Harvesting 14 days, and 4 days with team, 14 50 



5 lbs. seed, at 2s. per lb 1 25 



' $38 37 • 

 Value of the crop, 1,026 bushels and 40 lbs., at 



7 cents per bushel, $71 87 



The average yield, per acre, of the above crop, is 955 bushels. 



RuTA Bagas. — Mr. JWConneWs statement. — 1 acre. 



The soil on which my ruta bagas were grown, was part sand and 

 part clay. Two years before, had a crop of wheat, which was over- 

 run with tares and pigeon weed. The following year, I took from 

 it a crop of potatoes. After the potatoes came off, I plowed the 

 land; also twice in the spring, followed by sufficient dragging and 

 rolling. I then applied 24 wagon loads of good manure from the 

 barn yard. They were sown 19th and 20th of May. 



Expense, $24.25. Product, 855^ bushels, at 8 cents, $68.44. 



♦ Carrots. — Mr. Risley\s statement. 



The condition of the land previous to the present season, was as 

 follows: — The crop of 1841, w^as carrots, a part for the roots, and 

 a part for raising seed; the land had no manure put on it for the last 

 ten years, but had been used for a meadow for the most part of the 

 time. In the spring of 1842, there was a light covering of manure, 

 say ten loads to the acre; land plowed twice, harrowed, and raked, 

 and two pounds of seed sown in rows, sixteen inches apart. Sown 

 the 1st of May, and harvested the 15th of October, and the 1st of 

 November, and the expense of cultivation was $31-00. The pro- 

 duct on one acre, was 985 bushels. 



