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Cr. 



By 1,965 bushels turneps, worth to feed at present 



price of hay, 10 cents, , $196 50 



Tops, 5 00 



After manure, 8 00 



$209 50 

 Debit side, 74 75 



Profit, $134 75 



CHARLES B. MEEKS, 



The ruta bagas grew on a field which is chiefly a sandy loam, but 

 there are some patches of stiff clay. The previous crop was oats, oii 

 a sod which had been pastured five years. In November 1844, the 

 field was manured with unfermented barnyard manure, which was 

 evenly spread, and immediately plowed under. The land lay in this 

 state till the 15th of the following April, when it was well harrowed, 

 and on the 29th of April again harrowed. On the 2nd of May the 

 land was plowed and harrowed, and on the 21st drawn up into rid- 

 ges 27 inches apart, and sown with seed procured from Mr. Skervine, 

 Liverpool. The kind, his improved purple top, and the quantity, 

 three pounds per acre. The seed was sown by hand. On the 16th 

 of June the ground was hoed, and on the the 23rd of June worked 

 with the cultivator. The ground was once more hoed and twice 

 cultivated. The crop was harvested on the 14th and 15th of Novem- 

 ber, and the yield was 567 bushels, or 14 tons and 350 pounds per 

 acre. This I confess is a very poor crop to compete for the premium 

 of the State Society, but the season has been very unfavorable to the 

 growth of turneps. My crop suffered so much from the attack of the 

 Aph'des, which (in spite of quick lime and salt,) spread all over the 

 turneps, that at one time there was scarcely a green leaf left ; had it 

 not been for these vermin my crop would have been at least one- 

 third more. It is worthy of remark, that though my mangel wurtzel 

 grew along side the turneps, only separated by a space of 27 inches,- 

 yet I never observed a single Aphis on the former. Also on another 

 occasion, when my ruta bagas suffered severely from caterpillars, my 

 mangel wurtzel though adjoining them, escaped unhurt. I therefore 

 give a decided preference to mangel wurtzel. 



Expense and 'profit of the crop. 



Value of crop, 567 bushels, at 6 cts $34 02 



Expenses, manure, &c. , 19 00 



Profit $15 02 



Canandaiguttj Dec. 20, 1845. 



