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fully and well,, a large extent may be cultivated at compara- 

 tively little cost. 



The returns show what attention has been paid to the cul- 

 ture of root crops, and give the results. A correspondent in 

 the county of Middlesex, writes thus : — " For a few years past; 

 there has been more attention paid to raising carrots for 

 stock, than formerly. We think they save about one-half the 

 grain necessary for working horses, and are preferred to ruta- 

 bagas for cattle. The average yield of carrots to the acre, is 

 about six hundred bushels." 



The yield in one or two instances in Norfolk County, is sta- 

 ted as follows : — " There is more attention than formerly, paid 

 to the cultivation of root crops. Yield of beets and mangel- 

 wurzel, 800 bushels ; carrots, 800 bushels ; ruta-bagas, 450 

 bushels ; onions, 400 bushels ; Norfolk turnip, 400 bushels ; 

 parsnips, 400 bushels." 



In Berkshire County: — "Not much attention has as yet 

 been paid to the raising of carrots and other roots as a field 

 crop ; some of our farmers have gone into it quite extensively, 

 and others, seeing the good resulting from it, are fast follow- 

 ing after." 



In Dukes County: — "But little attention is paid to raising 

 field crops of beets, carrots, ruta-bagas, &c. Average yield, 

 per acre, of beets, 500 bushels, and carrots 500." 



Another practical farmer writes : — " Within five years some 

 attention has been given to raising carrots, and not much to 

 either of the others, beets or ruta-bagas. Yield of carrots 

 about 550 bushels per acre ; — this crop not so promising this 

 year as last ; the tops die and turn black this year, like the 

 diseased potato vines." 



In Franklin County, a correspondent informs us that " There 

 is but little attention paid by our farmers to the cultivation of 

 field crops of beets, carrots, ruta-bagas, &c., though more than 

 formerly. The estimated average yield, per acre, is about 800 

 bushels. These crops might be profitably cultivated here, if 

 our farmers only understood the matter better, and would give 

 attention to them." 



In some parts of Essex County, the culture of roots has, 

 perhaps, received greater attention than in most other sec- 



