WORCESTER SOCIETY. 199 



Contra. Cr. 



1849. 



Nov. 15. By 50 bushels turnips at 9d., - - $ 6 00 



" " " 33 bushels com at 75 cents, - - 24 75 



|30 75 



The corn fodder in this case is put against the labor of har- 

 vesting, and no account made of either. The profit then 

 would seem to be $17 or $34 per acre. As no manure of any 

 kind was applied to this land this season, it is natural to sup- 

 pose that the land is now left exhausted, or that the crop sus- 

 tained itself from the one-third of its manure back on last year's 

 crop. We will suppose it to have consumed the surplus 

 manure of last year, and that the land is now in as low condi- 

 tion as it was before it was planted to carrots and corn ; then 

 we must conclude that the profit of the corn crop was small, 

 after all expenses are paid, unless we add the worth of the 

 growth of thirty young apple trees of three years age. 



I have been thus particular in describing the labor expended, 

 and the produce the present year, as I have been frequently 

 importuned to know if 950 bushels of carrots could be raised 

 on one acre, and if they could, are they really worth $10 per 

 ton ; and if they are, have you not ruined your land for any 

 other crop. Now I do not admit that the land is very nearly 

 exhausted, after producing at the rate of sixty-six bushels of 

 corn per acre, without manure, not a very large crop to be sure, 

 but much larger than the crops will average in Worcester 

 county. I wish to carry out this experiment without manure, 

 and if the committee will suggest some hoed crop to be put on 

 next spring, not inconsistent with my arrangements, I shall be 

 glad to carry it into effect, and to give them the result, as I 

 design keeping the field in constant cultivation on account of 

 my apple orchard. 



I will also give the result of my experiment on the cornfield 

 next above, containing one and one-half acre of land. 



