ROOT CROPS. 



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Statement of Lysander R. Hall. 



French Turnips. — The land on which I raised this crop is 

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

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

 hill. I ploughed the piece in June of this year, about ten 

 inches deep, used six cart loads of barnyard manure, and three 

 barrels of wood ashes. The seed was sowed June 13, in drills 

 about fourteen inches apart. After ploughing, I furrowed 

 about nine inches deep, then spread the manure and ashes 

 along the drills and covered with dirt. Sowed the seed by 

 machine, and hoed the piece twice, and harvested the 4th and 

 5th of November. The crop weighed 13,500 pounds, which, 

 allowing sixty pounds to the bushel, amounted to 225 bushels 

 which, at 35 cents per bushel, gives $78.75, as the value o 

 produce from forty rods of land. 



EXPENSE. 



Ploughing, ..... 



6 loads of manure, .... 

 3 bushels ashes, ..... 

 Spreading the manure and sowing seed, 

 Weeding and hoeing, .... 

 Harvesting, ..... 



Profit,. 



Raynhaji, December, 1859. 



Statement of Alson Gilmore. 



Potatoes. — The land, one acre, on which I raised my pota- 

 toes, was planted last year, part to turnips, and part to potatoes, 

 and had a very fair crop. Put on ten cart loads of manure in 



1858. Soil sandy loam. The last of April and first of May, 



1859, ploughed the land about eight inches deep, and put on 

 twelve cart loads of manure, furrowed the ground and dropped 

 the manure in the furrows, about three and a half feet apart 

 each way. Planted about three-quarters of the ground April 

 25th and 26th, and May 3d and 4th. The other quarter was 



