108 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



The entire yield (26 tons 1,375 lbs.) estimated at 



$12 per ton, $320 25 



Net profit on crop of 1^^^ ^-cre, . . . $178 00 



They were all weighed upon town scales, and estimating 

 forty- three bushels for the ton, would mal^e the measurement 

 1,148 bushels, or about 1,059| bushels to the acre. The dry 

 weather in July and August checked their growth and materi- 

 ally lessened the yield ; but for that it would, I think, have 

 been much greater. 



I have certificates of contents of the lot and weight of the 

 carrots. 



Dorchester, Nov. 26, 1855. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Robert Perkins. 



Turnips. — The piece of land which I entered for premium on 

 ruta baga turnips, contains fifty rods, the most of it a reclaimed 

 peat meadow. I have carted on to it, in years past, consider- 

 able sand, and last fall drained it thoroughly. It was ploughed 

 last spring (for the first time to my knowledge) with a Michigan 

 plough, very deep ; it was ploughed again, just before planting, 

 with a small plough. I spread on one hundred and seventy-five 

 pounds Peruvian guano, mixed with six horse cart loads of soil, 

 which had been in pile, mixed together about three weeks, and 

 harrowed the piece well. The IGtli of June I furrowed it one 

 way — the rows being two feet apart — and put in most of the fur- 

 rows super-phosphate of lime, mixed with charcoal dirt ; in some, 

 bone dust ; in some, ashes ; and some were planted Avithout any 

 thing. I think the rows in which were put phosphate of lime 

 and charcoal dirt were the best. It was sown the same day 

 with a machine. 



Expenses : — 



175 lbs. guano, and carting, . . . ' . . $4 82 



250 lbs. phosphate of lime, . . . . . 6 25 



Two-thirds of a barrel of bone dust, . . . 1 67 



Six bushels of ashes, ...... 90 



