96 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Value of crop : — 

 611 bushels of oats, at 50 cts., . . . $30 62 

 If ton of straw, at $8, . . . . 14 00 



$44 62 



Expenses : — 

 Seed, ploughing, harrowing and sowing, . $5 00 



Harvesting, threshing, and interest on land, . 7 50 



12 50 



Net profit, $32 12 



Sunderland, Nov. 14, 1855. 



ROOT CROPS 



[By the returns of the Statistics of Industry, for the year 

 ending June 1st, 1855, it appears that the number of acres of 

 potatoes in this State is 41,935, and the estimated average 

 number of bushels, per acre, is 92|, making the aggregate amount 

 raised in the State 3,878,487 bushels, valued at $2,509,219. 

 The number of acres of onions is 877^. The average num- 

 ber of bushels, per acre, is returned as 281, which is probably 

 far too low, making the aggregate number of bushels 206,577, 

 valued at $27,104. From these returns it appears, also, that 

 there are cultivated 2,219 acres of turnips, with an average 

 yield of 248 bushels per acre, making in all 550,312 bushels, 

 valued at $131,347. Number of acres of carrots, 1,459 ; 

 estimated number of bushels, per acre, 461, making an aggre- 

 gate of 672,599, valued at $142,678. While of beets there 

 were raised 3,838 acres, valued at $439,444. — Ed.] 



ESSEX. 



Statement of John Peaslee. 



Carrots. — I find the entire piece on which my carrots grew is 

 a few rods short of half an acre — the exact measurement is fixed 

 by the certificate of Joshua Buxton, Jr., a competent surveyor. 



