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WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



Second Field. 



Dr. 



1849. 



May 13. To thirteen loads of strong manure, from 



tripery, mixed with small bones, - - $16 25 



May 13. To carting, spreading and ploughing the same, 4 00 

 " 15. " ploughing second and third time, - 1 00 



June 6. " one-fourth lb. seed and sowing with ma- 

 chine, ___-_- 75 



June 15. To hoeing between rows before carrots were 



up, ----- , - 50 



July 20. To boy's labor, hoeing and weeding to this 



time, - - - - - - 2 00 



Aug. 26. To boy's labor, hoeing and weeding do. 3 00 



Nov. 2-3. " labor of harvesting, - - - 5 00 



" interest on land at $250 per acre, - 3 75 



Carrot Field. 

 1849. 

 Nov. 23. By one-third of manure back. 



$36 05 

 Cr. 



^ 5 41 



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10,762 lbs. sold on the lot at $10 per ton, 53 81 



$59 22 



Profit, 



$23 17. 



Within the limits of this forty-five rods of ground, were 

 raised twenty bushels of beets and ruta bagas, worth, say $3 33 



Also, fourteen apple trees and ten peach trees, four 

 year's growth, worth to me, at least, - - 12 00 



$15 33 



It will not be understood that I claim any credit for the 

 growth of the trees, though the rapid growth of this season 

 has been important to me. The manure which was used on 

 this lot, was of the very best quality, and was extended to ten 

 rods of potato ground next adjoining, so that not more than ten 

 loads were used on the part occupied by carrots. The loads of 

 manure will be considered as containing twenty-five bushels, 



