112 maine state society. 



Carrots. 



Nourse & Straw of Orrington, obtained first premium on half 

 acre of carrots. Soil and manure same as above ; plowed deep and 

 subsoiled. Crop, tlii'ee hundred and fiiftj six and one-half bushels 

 on half acre. 



E. F. Crane of Kenduskeag, obtained second premium on car- 

 rots grown on half acre of dark colored light sandj loam, in a high 

 state of cultivation; carrots the year before; plowed ten inches; 

 four cords of hog manure and night soil applied. Sown June 20th 

 in drills eighteen inches apart. Crop, three hundred and eight 

 bushels on half acre. 



Estimated expense, $29.00. 



" value, at 34c. per bushel, $104.72. 



Mangolds. 



Nourse & Straw of Orrington, obtained first premium on six 

 hundred bushels mangold wurtzel, grown on an acre of clayey loam, 

 about twelve inches deep^ resting on impervious clay, and rather 

 stony ; had been thoroughly underdrained ; plowed d«ep in the fall, 

 harrowed in spring, and ten cords stable manure and a little guano 

 applied ; sown June 1st in drills eighteen inches apart ; plants eight 

 inches apart ; cultivated and hoed twice. 



Nourse & Straw also obtained first premium on English turnips 

 grown on same rocky clay soil — a piece of old mowing field — 

 " manured with a light dressing of stable manure and some guano" ; 

 plowed deep and subsoiled. Crop, seven hundred and thirty-eight 

 bushels per acre. 



Hat. 



The only applicant for premium on hay crop, was E. F. Crane of 

 Kenduskcag, who obtained premium on three tons herds grass and 

 clover, from an acre of gravelly loam, planted to corn three years 



