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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



"Weeding and thinning, . 



Harvesting, . 



Quarter of a pound of seed, 



Value of 131^ bushels, . 



Net Profit, 

 Taunton, December, 1859. 



$36 34 



Statement of Lysander R. Hall. 



Mangold "Wurzel. — The land on which I raised this crop is 

 a low, sandy loam. Last year it produced about fifty bushels 

 potatoes to the acre, and at that time was manured only in the 

 hill. I ploughed the piece in May of this year, about twelve 

 inches deep, using a double plough. Used eight cart loads of 

 horse manure, and seventy-five pounds of guano. The seed was 

 sowed May 4th and 5th in drills about eighteen inches apart. 

 After ploughing, I furrowed about ten inches deep, then spread 

 the manure along the furrows and covered with dirt, then 

 sifted the guano over this and covered again with soil and 

 sowed the seed by machine. I hoed the piece both in June 

 and July, and harvested the 7th and 8th of November, and 

 after cutting off the tops weighed the crop, which, allowing 

 sixty pounds to the bushel, amounted to 265 bushels at 25 

 cents per bushel, gives $66.25, as the value of produce from 

 the forty rods of land. 



EXPENSE. 



$1 00 

 8 00 



Ploughing, ..... 

 8 loads of manure, . . 



75 pounds of guano, . 

 Spreading manure along the drills, 

 Sowing seed, .... 

 "Weeding and hoeing, . 

 Harvesting, .... 



1 pound seed, .... 



Profit, .... 



Value of crop, 

 Rayxiiam, December, 1859. 



25 

 60 

 25 

 50 

 00 

 50 



$10 10 

 . 47 15 



25 



