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the other crops on the farm, and yet they occupy but a small 



portion of ground. The whole product on 2^ acres, is 



Of potatoes, - _ - _ 350 bushels. 



" English or round turnips, principally raised 



with corn, _ - _ _ 500 bushels. 



Of carrots, in all, - - . _ 612 " 



" Ruta baga and sugar beets, - - 100 " 



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My ruta baga crop was an entire failure. On one-fourth of 

 an acre I gathered about 50 bushels, instead of 200, which 

 would have been a fair crop. I have experienced this loss 

 twice before within ten years, and the reason I have assigned, 

 which I have no doubt is the true one, is, that home seed was 

 used instead of imported. My crop has uniformly been good 

 when imported seed was used, and as uniformly bad when do- 

 mestic seed was used. About seven bushels of turnips and 

 carrots are being cooked every day for my shoats, 85 in num- 

 ber, in connection with tripe factory offal, without any meal as 

 yet. I intend making experiments with shoats on roots alone, 

 and will give the result. 



In compliance with a wish of some of your committee, that 

 I should furnish a statement of the amount of corn raised on 

 the half acre of land on which my premium crop of carrots was 

 raised last year, as it has been described in my last year's state- 

 ment, I pass over its condition last spring, and give the actual 

 cost of cultivation, and the amount of produce the present sea- 

 son in corn and roots. 



1849. Cornfield. (Half acre.) dr. 



May 8. To ploughing land twice, 

 " 16. '' striking out and planting, 

 " corn and turnip seed, 

 June-July. Cultivating, ploughing and hoeing, - 

 Nov. Interest on land at $250 per acre, 



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