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Carrots. First premium to E. F. Crane, for 285 bushels on 

 one-fourth of an acre. 



Second, to E. B. Stackpole, for 194 bushels on 47 square rods. 

 Third, to Asa Shaw, for 178 bushels on one-fourth acre. 



Ruta Bagas. First premium to E F. Crane, for 240 bushels 

 on one-fourth acre. Mr. Crane's statements are as follows : 



"The ground upon which I raised the rutabaga turnips, was 

 planted to potatoes last year and was a sandy loam, eijtirely free 

 from stones. Plowed about 8 inches deep last spring, and well 

 harrowed, furrows 18 inches apart. Horse manure worked over 

 by the liogs put in the hill ; sowed half pound of seed in drills, on 

 one-fourth acre ; came up quite thick ; had to thin them out ; sowed 

 on the 20th of June and harvested last of October. Whole expense 

 in raising and harvesting, including manure and every thing else, 

 is estimated at $12. Yield on one-fourth acre, 240 bushels. 

 At 30 cents per bushel, . . . $72 00 



12 00 



Net profit, . . . . $60 00 



The carrots were raised on land that was under a high state of 

 cultivation, being planted to carrots last year ; two cords of manure 

 spread on the land and plowed in 8 inches deep ; harrowed well ; 

 rows 18 inches apart ; sowed half pound of long orange seed in 

 drills, to the quarter acre. Whole expense, including every thing 

 in raising and harvesting, ,f 10. Yield, 285 bushels. 



At 33 cents per bushel, . • . . $93 00 



10 00 



Net profit, . . . . $83 00 



The land on wliich the potatoes were raised was green sward, 

 broken up in the fall of 18.58 ; harrowed in the spring; furrowed 

 for rows, 3 feet apart ; put a small shovelful of straw manure in 

 the hill ; hills about 18 inches apart ; planted on the last of April 

 and first of Alay ; hoed twice ; harvested about the middle of Oct. 

 Yield, 320 bushels." 



Mr. Norcross' statement of crop of 138 bushels corn (on the same 

 piece there were also 8| bushels beans, 13 large cartloads of pump- 

 kins, and 564 pounds squash) on one and a quarter acres, is as 

 follows : 



" My crop consisting of 138 bushels of G2| pounds to the bushel 

 (shelled) was grown on one acre and 40 rods, being at the rate of 

 110 bushels 3 quarts to the acre. The soil upon which it grew was 

 a loamy brown color, fine, friable. It had been in grass, mowed 

 for the last 12 j^ears, without any dressing, and only produced five 

 hundred lbs. to the acre, of poor hay. The 24th of May last, 1858, 



