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inally was, to all appearance, of equal quality. From one part, 

 an unmanured crop of corn fodder and potatoes had been taken, 

 from the other, buckwheat. This year, the whole piece was 

 ploughed, manured and tended alike. Whence the difference ? 

 Did the buckwheat cause it ? It is said to be a fertilizer 

 ploughed under green. Is its effect different if dry ? and only 

 (as in this case) the stubble turned in. Will the committee 

 answer ? 



1849. CARROT FIELD, ( ONE-HALF ACRE.) 



To ploughing — one man and oxen, 

 " 23 loads of manure, _ - _ 



" Hauling and spreading the same, 

 " Ploughing, self and horse, ^ day, 

 " Harrowing, _ _ _ - - 

 Seed and sowing, _ - - _ 

 Harrowing, - - _ - - 

 Weeding ten days, - - - - 

 " three days, - - - - 



Harvesting, two men two days, - 

 Drawing, _____ 



Interest on land at $200 per acre, 



$55 24 



1849. CARROT FIELD. OR. 



By 243 bushels 26 lbs. carrots, at 25 cts. per bushel, $60 38 

 " One-half the manure back for the next crops, - 12 50 



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$72 88 



The crop entered should be stated differently, and should be 

 charged only with one-half the amounts of these charges, save 

 perhaps, that the proportion should be somewhat larger for har- 

 vesting and drawing, so that the account with the crop which 

 I have returned, should be charged only, with half the above 

 amount of manure and labor — say _ _ - $22 04^ 

 Two-thirds harvesting, - - _ - _ 3 00 



Interest on land, -_-__- 3 00 



$28 04i 



