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son, and made thirty pounds or more of butter from my morn- 

 ings' milk every week. I strain my milk into tin pans, and let 

 it stand from thirty-six to forty-eight hours ; the cream is then . 

 taken off and put into stone jars, where it is kept until it is 

 ready to be churned. I churn twice a week. The butter is 

 worked thoroughly, and salted with Liverpool salt, an ounce or 

 more to the pound. * 



Acton, October 24.th, 1849. 



On Agricultural Experiments. 



The committee, consisting of Alfred Allen, David Heard, 

 and D. Wetherbee, 2d, award the premiums for Agricultural 

 Experiments, as follows : — 



To Amos Wellington, of Ashby, Carrots, 1st premium, ^ 6 00 

 Eben. Richardson, of Pepperell, Indian Corn, 1st do. 10 00 

 Daniel L. Giles, of Lincoln, Compost Manure, 1st do. 10 00 



Amos Wellington'' s Statement. 



The carrots I offer for premium were raised on one-eighth of 

 an acre of land, where I have raised carrots for seven years in 

 succession. The land is of a deep soil natural to grass. I put 

 on yearly about two cords of barn-manure, and plough it in 

 early in the spring, very deep ; about the middle of May 

 plough again, harrow and rake the ground over to make it fine 

 and smooth for the sowing-machine to pass over it. I have 

 the rows twelve or fourteen inches apart. As soon as the car- 

 rots are up so as to be seen, I hoe between the rows to keep 

 the weeds down. When the carrots are four or five inches 

 high, I weed and thin them, so as to have them from three to 

 five inches apart. My crop this year was one hundred and 

 twenty baskets, weighing fifty-eight pounds per basket. 



Expense of Crop : — 



Interest on land, - - - - $0 75 

 Seed and sowing, - - - _ 75 



