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super-phosphate of limc.^ That of 1858 was ruta-bagas, with 

 two hundred pounds horn shavings. It was ploughed once, 

 May 28, nine inches deep; manured with two loads cow 

 manure, spread before ploughing, raked, and sowed June 6, in 

 rows, with one-eighth pound horn carrot seed ; hoed twice and 

 harvested October 24. 



Cost of ploughing, 



Raking, 



Manure, 



Seed and sowing, 



Cultivation, . 



Harvesting, . 



Total, 



m 75 



Product October 24,290 pounds 14 ounces to the square rod. 

 I consider the horn carrot better and more productive than 

 the orange. 



Statement of Isaac B. Woodward. 



Carrots. — The lot on which my carrots grew, contains 

 twenty-five and two-thirds rods, is a heavy loam soil, upon a 

 clayey subsoil. The crop of 1857 was southern corn, with 

 seven loads loam that had been put under the cow stable ; that 

 of 1858 was carrots, with two cords green manure. It was 

 ploughed the first and last of May, six and ten inches deep ; 

 manured with eight loads, spread before ploughing ; raked, 

 sowed June 4, with one-half pound orange carrot seed ; hoed 

 three times, by hand and once with a wheel-hoe, and harvested 

 the latter part of October. 



Cost of ploughing, &c, 



Manure, 



Seed and sowing, . 



Cultivation, . 



Total, . 



116 50 



The tops paid for harvesting. 



Produce, November 1, 318| pounds per square rod. 



