52 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



It would be proper for me to state here that no stable- 

 manure has been put upon the fie n d for three years, and it 

 has been cropped every year. 



Analysis. 



Per cent. 



Marrow . . 4.02 



In water soluble 13.58 



Water .' 82.40 



100.00 



Juice. 



Per cent. 



Sugar 13.00 



Water 85.50 



Ash 77 



Non-sugar .73 



100.00 



HAMPSHIRE. 



[Statement of L. O. Chitter. len.^ 



The land consisted of a quarter of an acre good sandy 

 loam. 



In the summer of 1875 it was mewed early, the turf 

 turned under, and cropped with tobacco, manured with 

 Stoekbridge fertilizer. 



Last spring the turf was turned under, the soil thoroughly 

 pulverized with wheel harrow, and manured lightly with 

 barnyard-manure and about a hundred and fifty pounds of 

 Bradley's X. L. phosphate sown broadcast and harrowed in. 



In this condition I think the land would bear about forty 

 bushels of corn per acre. 



The beet-seed used was from the last imported by Mr. 

 Lincoln of Boston, and sown on or about the 15th of May, in 

 drills eighteen inches apart. The plants were thinned to 

 stand from four to six inches apart. 



The field was kept clear of weeds, the soil being drawn 

 up around the plants as much as possible. 



The crop was harvested the 29th of October. 



I took two rods, one on each side of the piece : on the first 

 I had four hundred and thirty-two pounds, on the second 

 three hundred and seventy-three pounds of roots. 



