126 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



The quantity of land on which I raised my beans measures 

 twenty square rods. 



Cost of seed and planting, $2 00 



of ploughing, &c., 50 



of manure, ....... 4 00 



of cultivating and harvesting, . . . . 5 00 



$11 50 

 "Weight of crop, as certified by Thos. Bilhngs, Nov. 5, 183| lbs. 



I find that white beans planted on a light, sandy loam are less 

 liable to blast than those planted on black, moist land. A blast 

 on the pod occasionally injures the crop. 



BOOT CEOPS. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Statement of Martin Johnson. 



ONIONS. 



In 1865 and 1866 the crops raised on this land were onions ; 

 the dressing used, horse and hog manure, about twenty-five 

 loads to the acre. Soil, sandy loam ; not ploughed but culti- 

 vated before planting in the spring ; harrowed and levelled with 

 the back of the harrow ; used about twenty-five loads of manure 

 to the acre. Planted April 10, with machine, yellow Danvers 

 and another yellow variety, name unknown. I hoed with 

 Wheeler hoe three times, and weeded three times by hand. 

 Harvested the first of October. The land on which my onions 

 grew measured forty-four rods at the outlines ; there were six- 

 teen fruit trees on the land, which I think would reduce the 

 measure to about thirty-five rods, there being no onions under 

 the trees. I have measured the onions and have one hundred 

 and two bushels of sound onions ; about two bushels are 

 small. 



