250 



HAMPDEN SOCIETY. 



Joel M. Lyyiiaii's Statement. 



My crop of carrots was grown upon one quarter acre of 

 ground, upon which carrots were raised the previous year. 

 The land was prepared for the present crop, by spreading two 

 cords of compost manure upon the surface, turning it well 

 under with a two horse team, and following the horse team 

 with two yoke of oxen and subsoil plough. The ground was 

 then harrowed smooth and level, and thrown into beds or 

 ridges of three furrows each with a horse plough. By this 

 method I estimate a saving in the labor of cultivation of about 

 one-third. It furnishes ample room for two rows of carrots, 

 upon each bed, twelve inches apart, and leaves eighteen inches 

 space for the person weeding them to occupy until the final 

 weeding, when these distances are mellowed by the hoe, and 

 turnip seed is sown, thus occupying the whole surface. By 

 this method I have harvested the present fall, one hundred 

 bushels of carrots, ten bushels of turnips, and six hundred 

 pounds of superior watermelons, in their season. 



VALUE OF CROP. 



100 bushels carrots, at 33 cts. 

 10 •' turnips, " 25 " 

 600 pounds watermelons. 

 One half manure, 



Total, 



$42 00 



COST OF CROP. 



Use of land, 



Ploughing and preparing land. 



Two cords compost manure. 



Sowing and cultivation. 



Harvesting, 



Net proceeds, 



WiLBRAHAM, NoV. 1850. 



$16 00 

 $26 00 



