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The work was mostly done by the inmates belonging to the 

 institution, but I have charged for their labor about what I 

 think would be the cost. 



Brook. Faum, November 12, 1853. 



This is the fourth year that I have cultivated carrots on the 

 same piece of ground. It has never produced less than fifteen 

 tons to the acre. It is also set to an orchard of apple trees, 

 which are in a flourishing condition. I have spread about the 

 same quantity of manure each year, and the ground is in good 

 condition for a crop of carrots next year. I. H. M. 



This is to certify, that I measured off one acre from a piece 

 of carrots on Brook Farm ; I also measured six hundred and 

 thirteen baskets from said acre ; I weighed three baskets, which 

 averaged fifty-nine pounds to the basket, making eighteen tons 

 one hundred pounds. 



Dan T. Boynton. 



S'tatement of Cheever Xewhall, Esq., in a letter to the chair- 

 man of the committee on farms, of which the latter speaks as 

 follows, in a letter to the president of the society — Hon. Mar- 

 shall P. Wilder :— 



We have here an account of a remarkably profitable cultiva- 

 tion of a few acres of old and poor pasture ground, the knowl- 

 edge of which may be highly useful and encouraging. Certainly 

 it shows that the farmers of Norfolk County have no reasonable 

 cause for complaint, while, by timely and judicious labor, they 

 may secure a harvest equal in value to many that are gathered 

 from the fertile soils of Ohio or Illinois. 



C. C. Sewall. 



DoRCHESTEB, December 12, 1853. 

 To the Rev. Charles C. Setcall. 



Dear Sir, — In conversation with you, a few days since, rela- 

 tive to a crop of ruta-bagas raised by me, on five acres of land, 

 the present season, I stated the result; since which, I have 



