ROOT CROPS. 



237 



Manure, ten loads, .... 

 Carting and sprcadinir, 

 Planting- with corn-planter, in drills, , 

 Three-fourths of a pound of seed, 

 Ploughing with small cast steel plough, weigh 



ing twenty-five pounds, and thinning, 

 Second time with plough, 

 Harvesting, ..... 



Net profit, ..... 

 SuKDERLAND, Octobcr 26, 1853. 



-$28 50 

 $58 50 



Turnips. — The half acre of turnips which we enter for pre- 

 mium is a sandy loam. The land has been in grass for the last 

 three years. We turned the sward under the 5th of July, after 

 taking off a crop of grass, and cutting the furrows from seven 

 to eight inches deep. 



Yalue of crop : — 

 250 bushels at 20 cents. 



$50 00 



19 59 



Net profit, . 



Sunderland, November 5, 1853. 



$30 41 



