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not state the expense of the crop. Value of crop, twenty cents 

 per bushel. 



"William D. Dana of Pcrrj^, obtained premium on a nursery 

 of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, grown on a sandy 

 loam, resting on a red sandstone subsoil. The soil is dark, 

 one and a half or two feet deep, strong, and free from stones 

 since they were picked off. It had been cultivated with root 

 crops for two years. It was then thoroughly spaded and well 

 manured. Last year the land produced three hundred and twen- 

 ty-five bushels of carrots on one-fourth of an acre. The soil has 

 been underdrained sufficiently to carry off all the surplus water. 

 It was spaded previous to planting the trees as deep as the 

 the subsoil at an expense of $15 per acre. The rows of trees 

 are three and a half feet apart. All the after culture was one 

 spading and then hoeing enough to keep the weeds subdued. 

 The crop not being taken off, the items of expense cannot be 

 named. The value at my residence is from twenty-five cents 

 to $1 apiece at suitable age for transplanting. 



