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manure in each hill ; used five bushels of seed to half acre ; culti- 

 vated and hoed once, and applied three-fourths bushels of piaster • 

 cost of culture, $14.50 ; 3'ield at the rate of t^^o hundred and 

 twenty bushels to the acre. 



Carrots. J. 0. Tilton of Kenduskeag, received the first pre- 

 mium fi}r orange carrots, grown on one-eighth acre in the propor- 

 tion of ten hundred thirty-five bushels to the acre ; the ground was 

 dressed with one cord of compost manure, and the seed was sown in 

 drills si-xteen inches apart; cost of culture, $5.00. 



E. B. Stackpole of Kenduskeag, received the second premium for 

 orange carrots grown on one-fourth acre of clay loam, at the rate of 

 six hundred and thirty-six bushels to acre ; two and one-half cords 

 of manure were applied to the sward and plowed in ; the diills were 

 eighteen inches apart : hoed the rows twice and weeded twice ; cost 

 of culture, $16 25. 



E. F. Crane of Kenduskeag, received the first premium on one- 

 fourth acre of orange carrots, grown on light gravelly loam, free 

 from stones ; tlie ground was in a high state of cultivation the pre- 

 vious year, and during the present season was plowed ten inches 

 deep, and two cords of compost of hog manure and night soil was 

 applied ; the seed was sown the 1st of June at the rate of one-half 

 pound to the acre, in drills ; hoed three times and harvested Novem- 

 ber 1st ; cost of culture, .$15.25; rate to the acre seven hundred 

 and sixty bushels. 



Sylvester Eddy of Corinth, received second premium on one- 

 eighth acre of long carrots, grown on a light and friable loam of a 

 yellow color ; one and one-half cords of green stable manure were 

 plowed under twelve inches deep, and the seed sown in drills eigh- 

 teen inches apart ; seed sown at the rate of one pound to the acre"; 

 proportion to acre seven hundred and four bushels ; cost of culture, 

 $14.*0. 



