No. 105.] 329 



EXTRACT FROM ONEIDA COUNTY REPORT. 

 LUCIUS WARNER. 



Soil, sand, gravel, clay and loam ; previous crop, corn ; number of 

 plowings, three ; depth of fur)Ow, eight or nine inches ; time of 

 sowing or planting, 8th of May. 



Expense and profit of crop. 



Plowing half day, $0 75 



Harrowing quarter day, 38 



Seed, one and three-fourths pounds, 1 09 



Planting quarter day, 12 



Hoeing eight days, 4 00 



Harvesting three and half days, 1 75 



12 loads yard manure applied before the last plowing, 3 00 



Interest on land at 7 per cent, 1 75 



$12 84' 



Cr. 

 Roots 236 II bushels Is. 3d $36 99 



Profit, $$24 15 



SUGAR BEETS. 



S. B. BURCHARD.. 



1st. Condition of the land and soil : The land was meadow, broke 

 up about the 20th of April, plowed seven inches deep, furrows lapped 

 about one-third; lay near my barn, and had been mowed for sixteen 

 years previous to breaking up. I gave it a light dressing with coarse 

 manure spread upon the land previous to plowing. The soil is a 

 gravelly loam. After the plowing, I harrowed it so as to completely 

 pulverize the soil. 



2nd. Manner of sowing : I used the drill barrow, and found it to 

 succeed well and plant with great accuracy. 



3d. Amount of seed : One and a half pounds, planted dry. 



4th. Time of sowing: Twenty-fourth of April. 



5th. Amount of crop : Four hundred and eighty-seven bushels, at 

 sixty pounds per bushel. 



6th. Time and manner of harvesting : Commenced 15th October ; 

 labor mostly done by team and plow ; by plowing a deep furrow 

 close to the edge of the row of beets, I found that two boys would 

 throw them out on the furrow side as fast as the team would plow, 

 ready for topping. 



