202 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



Charles White's Statement. 



My land, upon which my half acre of carrots were raised 

 this season, was in fine state for cultivation in the spring of 

 1849. During that year, it was ploughed but once, hoed twice, 

 and manured with fifteen loads compost manure, made from 

 loam, stable manure, and a small portion of night soil. The 

 produce of the land consisted of carrots and potatoes, viz. : two 

 hundred and thirty bushels of carrots, and ten bushels of pota- 

 toes. About half of the land was planted with carrots, the 

 remainder with potatoes. In the spring of the present season, 

 the land, being on the southerly slope of a hill, was early dry, 

 and was ploughed during the first week in May, for the first 

 time, with one horse, and again on the 10th or 11th of June, 

 with one yoke of oxen, and seeded on the 18th of June. There 

 were used, on the half acre, twenty-one loads of compost ma- 

 nure, similar to that used last ^''ear. The manure was made in 

 the same manner, viz. : about one half loam, ten loads stable 

 manure, and two loads night soil. The land was not harrowed 

 after ploughing, but raked over, and the small stones taken 

 from the surface of the ground. 



The field was hoed three times. The first time, the 5th and 

 6th of July ; the second time, the 20th ; and the third, the fore 

 part of August. I used one and three fourth pounds of seed, 

 (Long Orange.) The seed was good, and was scattered freely 

 by the machine, which was used in sowing it. It was raised 

 in this city. No tool was used in weeding, save the ordinary 

 hoe. My crop, this season, did not yield as I had expected it 

 would, nor so well as the appearance of the tops indicated. The 

 land, being clayey, should have been ploughed deeper ; and the 

 carrots, not having been thinned at all, were rather small. 



I estimate the expense and value of the crop as follows : — 



CARROT FIELD. DR. 



To value of 21 loads manure, - - - $21 00 



Ploughing once with horse, _ _ - 2 50 



" " '' oxen, . . - 3 00 



Hoeing, first time, 2| days, _ . . 2 50 



