137 



One-half the manure, $6.50; interest on land, at $70.42 



per acre, $10.70 



Two bushels seed, $2 ; taxes, sav, 80 cents, - - - 2.30 



Cr.— By 40 bushels Barley, at 00 cents, - - - $36.00 



H. Ma .- 



East Medway, November, 1853. 



MR. NEWHALL'S CHOP OE RUTA-BAGA 

 TURNIPS. 



Hon. 3Iarsliall P. Wilder, President of N. A. Society : 



Dear Sir — I herewith transmit a letter recently received from 

 Cheever Newhall, Esq., of Dorchester, and ask for it a place in the 

 forthcoming number of the Society's Transactions. 



One of the chief objects of this publication is, I presume, to record, 

 for general information and encouragement, instances of successful 

 cultivation by members of this Society, and others in our own County. 

 "We have here an account of a remarkably profitable cultivation of 

 a few acres of old and poor pasture ground, the knowledge 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. 



Yours respectfully, 



C. C. SEWALL. 



Dorchester, Dec. 12, 1853. 

 Eev. Chas. C. Sewall: 



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

 to a crop of Buta-baga raised by me, on five acres of land, the present 

 season, I stated the result ; since which I have received a note from 

 you, soliciting a detailed account of the manner of planting and cul- 

 tivating; them. 



