HAMPDEN SOCIETY. 



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Root Crops. 



Dickinson and Kirkland' s Statement. 



The crop of onions Avhich we offer for premium, was raised 

 on one quarter acre of land, a sandy loam, which was prepared 

 and used for a crop of tobacco and broom corn the previous 

 year. The land was in part prepared for the present crop last 

 fall by spreading at the rate of eight cords of stable manure 

 to the acre, on about one half the piece, and ploughing it 

 under. The remaining half was ploughed early in the 

 spring, and the same proportion of manure was spread and 

 harrowed in. Thirty-seven bushels of leached ashes were 

 then evenly spread over the whole surface, harrowed again, and 

 bushed smooth. The seed was sown the last of April. The 

 crop was hoed three times and kept free from weeds until har- 

 vested. They were pulled the 10th of October, and left upon 

 the ground several days before topping them. When meas- 

 ured into storehouse, the produce was one hundred and sixty 

 bushels, Aveighing fifty-three pounds per bushel. 



VALUE OF CROPS. 



160 bushels of onions at 50 cts., 

 Half the manure, - - _ 



Total. 



#80 00 

 3 00 



$83 00^ 



COST OF CROP. 



Two cords manure at $3 00, 

 37 bushels ashes " 7 cts.. 

 Drawing manure and ploughing. 

 Seed, $1 25, sowing, $1 00, 



Weeding, 

 Harvesting, 



$32 84 



Net proceeds, 

 Springfield, Nov, 1850. 

 32 



$50 1&. 



