ROOTS AND VEGETABLES. 



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Statement of Elbridge G. Dean, of Taunton. 



The crop of 1871 was hay, no manure used. The crop of 

 1872 was corn ; used five cords of barn-yard manure ; about 

 the middle of May it was spread on and turned under from 

 eight to ten inches deep ; harrowed and furrowed about three 

 feet one way and eighteen inches the other ; three cords of 

 manure put in the hill. Planted the 19th and 20th of May ; 

 used twelve quarts of yellow corn ; hoed the middle of June ; 

 pulled the weeds the last of July ; the stalks were cut the 

 first of September ; harvested in October. Quantity of land 

 160 rods. 



EXPENSES. 



Manure, $40 00 



Ploughing, 



Harrowing and furrowing 



Planting, 



Corn,^ . 



Hoeing, 



Pulling weeds, 



Cutting stalks, 



Harvesting, . 



Total, 



Harvested 96 bushels of corn. 



$63 40 



EOOTS A.WD YEGETABLES. 



ESSEX. 



Statement of J. D. W. French. 

 Mangolds. — The land occupied by this crop was measured 

 by the committee and found to contain 22,720 square feet, 

 somethinof over one-half acre. The committee then measured 

 ofl* one-twentieth of the whole piece, which was considered an 

 average lot, to be weighed at harvesting. This I have done, 

 and the weight was 1,800 pounds, which would give as the 

 yield of the whole piece 36,000 pounds, or eighteen tons of 



mangolds. 



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