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fourth to one acre the present year ; some of them, at least, 

 through fear of being thought experimental, have not entered 

 for the society's premium. They all say they like the crop, 

 and shall try again ; and if this all be true, will it not have a 

 beneficial influence upon the stock of the county? will not our 

 pens be filled with better and more mature cattle ? will not 

 this crop alone, the present year, save us from buying thou- 

 sands of bushels of corn from abroad ? 



Let us offer a liberal premium for the best experiment on the 

 different seeds for roots, imported and home seed, side by side ; 

 would not a well digested experiment of this kind furnish us 

 with a vast store of information, and new and useful ideas ? 



Sutton, Nov. 18, 1850. 



William S. Lincohi's Statement. 



I herewith present the return of my carrot crop, the present 

 year. Two pieces were entered by me, one of half, and one 

 of one quarter acre ; the two pieces being part of a field of a 

 still larger measurement. The crop was a light one. This, in 

 my opinion, is to be attributed partly to the blight, -^vhich ap- 

 peared pretty generally over the field, early in August, and 

 partly to the low condition of the land ; and, although I think 

 the result demonstates that a crop of carrots can be raised 

 without robbing the other crops of their proper amount of 

 nourishment, still, I think a more liberal use of manure to be 

 desirable. 



The land on which my crop was grown, is a sandy loam 

 upon a gravelly subsoil. From various causes, it had deterio- 

 rated from year to year, till in 1848 its yield of grass would 

 not exceed one thousand pounds to the acre. In the fall of 

 1848, it was broken up, and, in the succeeding season, planted 

 to corn and potatoes. The manure used was a compost of 

 night soil and loam applied to one portion, and of horse's and 

 loam to the other part. The manure was applied in the hill to 

 the corn alone, and the crop was fair. The potatoes yielded 

 moderately. They were dressed with plaster solely. The 

 land, in the spring of the present year, as might be expected, 

 was in low condition ; the crop of the preceding year having 



