ROOT CROPS. 187 



Value of 30 bushels of Dovers and Early Carters at 60 



cents, ........ $18 00 



Value of 40 bushels Peach Blows, at 50 cents, . 20 00 



Value of 140 bushels Jenny Linds, at 45 cents, . 63 00 



Value of 14 bushels small potatoes, ... 3 50 



Ploughing and harrowing, 

 Planting, .... 



Hoeing, .... 



Seed, ..... 



Harvesting, .... 



20 loads manure, one-half cord each, half its 

 value, ....... 



Interest on land, ...... 



Net profit, $62 00 



South Wilbraham, October 12, 1859. 



BRISTOL. 



Statement of Elbridge G. Dean. 



Ruta-Baga. — The quantity of land was forty-two and a half 

 rods. In 1858, one-half was planted to turnips, the remainder 

 to potatoes. I applied about two cords of compost manure. 

 A quarter of a pound of seed was used in planting. Ploughed 

 in May, 1859, about ten inches deep. In June harrowed and 

 bushed, and furrowed about two feet apart. The 12th of June 

 sowed the seed in rows about two inches apart. 



Wed and thinned about the middle of July. The crop was 

 harvested on the 25th and 31st of October. Weighed 7,880 

 pounds, equal to 131^ bushels of sixty pounds to the bushel. 



EXPENSE OF CROP. 



Ploughing, drawing manure and planting, . $2 50 

 2 cords of manure, . . . . . .8 00 



Weeding the second time, . . . . 1 00 



