72 



The aunual crops for twenty years were as follows : 



The above statement shows the total number of bushels of grain raised 

 in the last twenty years on this model farm — 10,225 bushels wheat; 

 19,070 bushels corn; 11,597 bushels oats; and 007 bushels rye; making 

 a total of 41,535 bushels of. grain, or an average of 2,077 Ibushels per 

 year ; or, by taking the average of each crop, we have 513 bushels of 

 wheat, 954 bushels of corn, 580 bushels of oats, and 30 bushels of rye 

 per annum. 



The income from cereals during six years was $7,730 28; from live 

 stock, $1,590 52; from butter, eggs, hay, i^asture, &c., 82,391 70; total 

 income, 811,712 26. The expenses during the same time were, farming 

 expenses, 83,157 77 ; household expenses, . 82,532 05 ; farm-hands, 

 81,590 52; taxes, 8944 33; total expenses, 88,210 99. The net income 

 was 82,495 57, averaging $415 93 per annum, in addition to the pro- 

 ducts consumed by the family. 



NOTES OF THE GARDEN. 



BY "WILLIAII SAUNDEES, SUPERINTENDENT. 



Growing the tea-plant feom seeds. — Inquiries having reached 

 the Department concerning the best mode of raising plants of the Chi- 

 nese tea from seeds, it is recommended to sow them in boxes filled with 

 light soil, covering the seeds with a depth of half an inch of the same. 

 A sash-covered frame will affordthe most favorable conditions of growth ; 

 but where this convenience is not available, the boxes may be placed in 

 a sheltered and somewhat shaded position, in the open aii', and the soil 

 maintained in a damp although not wet state. After one year's growth 

 they may be transplanted to permanent locations. 



LicoRiCE-EOOT cultivation. — Hon. William D. Kelley, of the House 

 of Representatives, has referred to the Department a statement of 

 Messrs. Mellor & Rittenhouse, of Philadelphia, concerning the manu- 

 facture of licorice, the extent of its consumption in the United States, 

 and the practicability of cultivating the root in this country. 



The larger proportion of licorice-extracts consumed in the United 

 States is by the manufacturers of chewing-tobacco, it being considered 

 indispensable in " ])lugs'' or " limps." In medicine it is largely used as 

 an expectorant. The following figures of the Bureau of Statistics show 



