332 [Senate 



STATEMENTS OF RUTA BAGA CROPS. 



JOHN G. SMEDBERG. 



The ground on which my turnep crop of 1845 grew, was the same 

 on which my crop of 1,161 bushels to the acre grew in 1844, which 

 received the society's premium. It was plowed May 15th and 16th 

 1845, 12 inches deep, had a light dressing of 28 loads of half rotted' 

 horse manure, on the whole lot, plowed in June, 5th and 6th, four 

 inches deep, was ridged with a light corn plow at 30 inches, June 

 10th, the ridges slightly flattened by dragging a light stick over them 

 and the seed planted by a drill barrow, June 11th and 12th. 



They were worked with the cultivator and hoed July 10th and 

 again July 25th and 26th, thinned to 12 inches, July 28th, and har- 

 vested between October 25th and November 2d. 



In measuring them, the waggon box and cart body were both care- 

 fully and fairly measured with a two bushel basket, itself measured 

 carefully and accurately with potatoes, by a half bushel measure, 

 and every load made as nearly as possible, of the same size. The 

 wagon held 45 bushels, and the cart 30 bushels, both slightly round- 

 ed up. There were harvested from the field, measured by Mr.. 

 Daniel, 



11 wagon loads, at 45 bushels, r. 495 



49 cart loads, at 30 bushels_, ...... .,,,..... 1,470 



Total, 1,965 



1,965 bushels from 2 acres 20 rods, averages, 925 bushels per acre. 

 They weighed about 60 lbs. per bushel, the average of several weigh- 

 ings was 59 i lbs. The extremely dry weather which we had during 

 the greater part of the time that the crop was in the ground, is my 

 excuse for offering a smaller yield than last year. 



Expense of cultivation. 

 3 days of team plowing, at I65, $6 00 



U " " 2 50 



28 loads manure 4^, 14 00 



Manure in ground from last year, 12 00 



Ridging, &c., 1 00 



Planting, , 75 



Seed, 3 00 



Hoeing and cultivator first time, 4 50 



" " second time,. 6 00 



Thinning, 1 50 



Harvesting, 13 50 



Interest on land, , 10 00 



$74 75 

 Deduct tops worth $5, ; after manure ^S, ...... . 13 00 



$61 75 



