KENNEBEC COUNTY SOCIETY, 26T 



Mr. Watson raised his crop on a yellow loam, of a medium texture, 

 light and friable, about eighteen or twenty inches in depth, with a 

 hard and gravelly subsoil. It has been under the plow about six 

 years, and had received about five cords of manure per year, for 

 three years previous, and planted to ruta bagas and carrots. It was 

 planted in the spring of 1857, about eight inches in depth, and well 

 harrowed. On the 8th of May, about three bushels of barley, of 

 the six rowed variety, were sown per acre. It was harvested on 

 the 30th of July, when the straw was quite green. From half an 

 acre, twenty bushels were obtained, weighing forty-nine pounds per 

 bushel, and one and a half tons of straw in excellent condition for 

 fodder. 



Mr. Cochran grew his crop on ground which was broken up in 

 the spring of 1856, and planted to potatoes, with a light manuring, 

 in the hill. After the potatoes were harvested in the fall, the ground 

 was again plowed. In the spring of the present year, (1857,) five 

 cart loads of manure from the barn were hauled on ; the ground 

 cross-plowed, harrowed, and sown to barley, of the two rowed variety, 

 on the last day of May. From the half acre he harvested fifteen 

 and a half bushels of good, plump barley. 



Carrots. We awarded the first premium on carrots to S. N^ 

 Watson of North Fayette, and the second to John B. Stain of Mt^ 

 Vernon. Mr. Watson's crop was raised on soil similar to that on 

 which he grew his barley. He dressed it with ten cords to the acre 

 of old barn-yard manure, and the ground well pulverized by the 

 plow and harrow. On the 15th of June, he planted carrots, of the 

 Orange variety, in drills two feet apart and one foot in the drill. 

 They were hoed three times. On the 15th of October he harvested 

 from one-eighth of an acre, ninety-seven bushels. 



Mr. Stain states that the ground on which he sowed his carrots 

 was rich by previous culture, was plowed and well pulverized by the 

 plow, and thrown into ridges two feet apart. The carrots were sown 

 on the first of June ; the weeds were kept down by the hoe. From 

 one-eighth of an acre he harvested eighty-five bushels of carrots, and 

 ten bushels of mangold wurtzels. 



Ruta Bagas. There was but one competitor for the premium on 

 ruta bagas. We award the first premium to S. N. Watson of North 



