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"^he acre, and cannot say on what day of the month they were planted; 

 put plaster, lime and ashes in the hill when planted. Dug 333^ ^ bu- 

 shels. 



Expense and profit of crop. 



Produce, 333^ 4 bushels at 25 cts., . $83 37^ 



Expense, 12 bushels of seed, $2 25 



^ day harrowing, 50 



2 days planting, 1 25 



4 days hoeing, 2 50 



6 days harvesting, 3 75 



Interest on land, 3 50 



$13 75 



Profit on potato crop, , $69 62 J 



Paris, Oneida county. 



CARROTS. 



WILLIAM RISLEY. 



The previous crop was lettuce and radishes raised for the seed. 

 Before sowing the carrots, there were ten loads of fine manure spread 

 over the piece of ground, which was a light coat. After the land 

 was plowed and worked fine, the seed of the large white carrot was 

 sowed on the first day cf May, in rows ten inches apart, and in weed- 

 ing they were thined out to four inches in the row and kept clear 

 froraw eds. 



Expenses of crop. 



10 loads manure 4^. , $5 00 



3 days team work, 125., 4 50 



8 " sowing, 5^., 5 00 



20 " weeding, 5^., , 12 50 



10 " do second time, 5^., 6 25 



20" do third time, 5^., 6 25 



16 " harvesting, 5^., 10 00 



6 lbs. seed, 6s, 4 50 



Use of land, 5 00 



$59 00 

 Crop 1,183 bushels carrots at Is., 147 88 



Profit, $88 88 



