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LUCIUS WARNER. 



The soil on which my carrots grew, is clay, gravel, sand and loam, 

 the clay rather predominant. The previous crop corn, mangel wurt- 

 zel and carrots, with about 50 loads manure. The soil in good con- 

 dition. The ground was plowed in the fall of 1844. One half was 

 plowed twice in the spring, harrowed and sown 8th May, the other 

 part plowed only once, harrowed and sown 2d June, with drill bar- 

 row, 16 inches apart. Commenced hoeing about five weeks after 

 sowing, and hoed again in about three weeks. The plants thinned to 

 three or four inches in the drills ; 50 loads yard manure applied be- 

 fore the last plowing ; were harvested with spade from the 6th to 19th 

 November, at considerable expense, the weather being unfavorable. 

 Amount of crop 1,143 bushels and 10 lbs. at 45 lbs. per bushel, the 

 entire crop being weighed. The crop was considerably injured by 

 the drought. The part sown first was much the best, producing 

 about 1,361 bushels per acre while the last sown produce only 923 

 bushels per acre. 



Expense of cultivation. 



Plowing, $2 50 



60 loads manure, 2^., 12 50 



Harrowing, 1 00 



li lbs. seed of long orange variety, 9^., 1 41 



Sowing, 50 



32 days hoeing and thinning, 4^., 16 00 



39 days harvesting, 4^., , 19 50 



$53 41 



EXTRACT FROM CORTLAND COUNTY REPORT. 

 JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN. 



I am disposed to hand in a report of a crop of carrots which I raised 

 n a small piece of ground, more to stimulate others to cultivate the 

 crop than for any thing else, as the quantity of ground is not sufficient 

 to enter for premium. The patch of ground was 57 feet by 27 ; har- 

 vested 30 bushels of the orange carrot, which I believe is not far from 

 1000 bushels to the acre, without any more pains than I usually take 

 with the turnip, after the seed is sown. For cows and horses it is un- 

 doubtedly the best root crop — and for aught I know, for any kind of 

 stock. The ground should be well manured and pulverized, and then 

 thrown into ridges two feet apart, and two rows on a ridge eight inch- 

 es apart. I have no doubt but subsoil plowing would be beneficial to 

 the crop. 



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