ROOT CROPS. 



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Statement of H. E. Moseley. 



Carrots. — The crop of carrots which I present for your 

 consideration, was raised on seventy-two rods of ground. 

 When harvested they measured two hundred and seventy 

 bushels of fifty pounds each, or six and three-quarters tons. 

 About one-half of this ground had been sown to carrots two 

 previous years, and was subsoiled in 1858 to the depth of 

 sixteen inches ; the other half was a light, warm sod, having 

 been fed one year succeeding a crop of corn and rye. The 

 carrots upon the part that had been subsoiled, were nearly 

 twice the length of those grown on the other half. They were 

 sown in rows eighteen inches apart, about the twentieth of 

 May, and the account figures up as follows : — 



Value of 270 bushels of 50 pounds each, 13,500 pounds, 



814 per ton, 

 Tops worth, .... 



Ploughing and fitting land, . 

 Twelve loads of manure, 

 One hundred pounds of guano, 

 Seed, and sowing same, . 

 Hoeing and weeding, 

 After-hoeing, .... 

 Harvesting, .... 

 Interest and taxes, 



Net Profits, 

 Springfield, November 9, 1859. 



mo 50 



Statement of Dr. L. Long-. 



Potatoes. — The crop of potatoes which I offer for premium 

 was grown on one-half of an acre of ground, and consists 

 of four varieties selected from the best I could get, to test the 

 quality and productiveness of each. The ground was in turf, 

 and ploughed the second week in May, eight inches deep with 

 the double plough ; thoroughly dragged and furrowed, three feet 



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