86 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



2 cords of manure, 

 Seed and planting, 

 Cultivating, 

 Harvesting, 



Balance, $448 60 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of David WJiiton, of Hingliam. 



Potatoes. — The land on which I raised my potatoes, 

 measuring one acre, is a dark, gravelly loam, in grass without 

 manure in 1872, and in 1873 until August 1st, when it was 

 ploughed about ten inches deep ; fourteen loads, of 30 bushels, 

 of barn-cellar manure applied, and sowed with millet, which 

 was subsequently cut and made into hay, yielding about two 

 tons. Early in April, 1874, four tons of rockweed were 

 ploughed in, seven inches deep, the land harrowed, and fur- 

 rowed in drills about three and a half feet apart. In these 

 drills about twenty loads of manure were spread, and six 

 bushels of Early Rose potatoes, cut in pieces having two eyes 

 each, as nearly as possible, put into the manure, the pieces 

 being placed about eighteen inches apart and having a small 

 handful of phosphate (500 pounds in all) scattered over each 

 piece. The land was twice cultivated with a horse-cultivator 

 and hoed twice with hand-hoes. The potatoes, which were 

 very smooth and very even throughout the piece, were dug 

 early in October, and measured 461i bushels. Expenses : 

 ploughing and other preparation, $8; manure $71; seed and 

 planting, $30.50 ; cultivation, $18 ; harvesting, $30 ; total, 

 $157.50. Value of potatoes when dug and stored, $420.24. 



Statement of Albert Thomas, of Middleborough. 

 Turnips. — My turnip-patch, containing forty square rods, 

 was in grass without manure in 1872 ; in 1873 it was manured 

 with two and a half cords of barn-cellar manure, and planted 

 with corn ; ploughed three times between May 1 and July 1, 

 1874, turning in the same quantity of manure as in the previous 

 year; harrowed, and planted July 3, with sweet German 



