206 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



Benjamin N. Childs' Statement. 



Agreeably to the requisitions of the society, I hereby make a 

 statement of facts relative to my ruta baga turnip crop. 



1st. The general state of the land in 1848 ? Answer, — 

 medium. 



2d. Manner of cultivation in 1848? Answer, — usual 

 method. 



3d. Product and quality of manure used in 1848 ? Answer, — 

 about ten loads to the acre, coarse manure. 



4th. The product of the land in 1848 ? Answer, — about 40 

 bushels of potatoes. 



5th. The condition of the land in the spring of 1849 ? An- 

 swer, — 



6th. Q.uantity and quality of manure used in the present 

 season ? Answer, — six loads of green manure spread, and two 

 loads in drills. 



7th. Mode of cultivation preparatory to sowing ? Answer, — 

 ploughed twice and harrowed once. 



8th. The quantity and quality of seed used ? Answer, — one 

 pound good seed to the acre. 



9th. Time and manner of sowing, weeding and harvestmg ? 

 Answer, — sowed June 20th, by hand, hoed and weeded twice, 

 harvested November 3d. 



10th. The amount of produce ? Answer, — 12,000 pounds, 

 or 240 bushels. 



11th. The expense of seed, manure, labor, &c. ? Answer, — 

 seed, twenty-five cents, manure, $8, labor, $7, 



12th. The value of product? Answer, — 240 bushels, at 

 twenty-five cents per bushel, $60. 



Worcester, November 3c?, 1849. 



On Essays. 



The committee received an essay on the " Means to be used 

 to create a deeper interest in the cause of Agriculture," written 

 by the Rev. T. D. P. Stone, the chaplain and principal instruc- 

 tor of the " State Reform School," to whom they award the 

 premium of f 25. 



