MIDDLESEX SOCIETY. 



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Carrot Crop. 



Amos Wellington 's Statement. 



The following is a statement of the produce of carrots upou 

 one eighth of an acre of land. The land is a strong deep soil, 

 on which I have raised carrots four years in succession. I put 

 on four loads of barn manure, say about two cords each year, 

 and plough it in, early in the spring, as deep as possible; 

 then about the middle of May plough again, rake the ground 

 over, and sow the seed with a machine, in drills, one foot apart. 

 As soon as the carrots are up so as to be seen, I hoe between 

 the rows to keep the weeds down. When the carrots are up 

 three or four inches, I weed and thin them so as to leave them 

 from three to five inches apart. My crop this year was 10 If 

 baskets, weighing 57£ lbs. per basket. 



Estimated Cost of the Crop. 



Interest on the land, 

 Cost of seed and sowing, 

 Cost of manure, . • 

 Ploughing, • . 



Weeding and thinning, 

 Harvesting, 



$17 50 



Value of the crop at $10 per ton, 5,836 lbs, $29 21, leaving 

 a profit of $11 71, equal to $93 68 per acre. 



Ashby, December 25, 1847. 



