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Only four entries of carrots were made, and one of these 

 was withdrawn after the committee had examined it. This 

 was rather a matter of regret to them, inasmuch as the com- 

 petitor is one of the pioneers in the cultivation of the carrot 

 crop, and received the highest premium awarded by the society, 

 for his crop of last year. They were desirous of having his 

 •statement, though his crop was undoubtedly much smaller than 

 that of last year, as much that is valuable may sometimes be 

 learned from an unsuccessful effort. The three competitors on 

 carrots, who made returns to the secretary, were Thomas "W. 

 "Ward, of Shrewsbury; Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, and Jonathan 

 Warren, of Grafton. 



Had the committee been at liberty to award a premium for 

 the most minute and accurate return of the expense of raising 

 the crop ,' the condition of the land on which it was grown, and 

 all the material facts relative to it, they would have given Mr. 

 "Ward the first premium. But being restricted to a certain 

 amount of land, and to a certain weight of roots on that land, 

 in order to entitle competitors to any premium, and Mr. Ward 

 falling short of the specified amount, in both of these particu- 

 lars, he is not entitled to any premium. 



By his statement, which follows, it will be seen that, although 

 unsuccessful as a competitor for the society's premiums, he has 

 nevertheless demonstrated the important fact that a net profit 

 of $29.46 was obtained from the seventy-two and three-fourths 

 square rods of ground on which his carrots were grown, against 

 nine hundred and nineteen pounds of hay, which was the entire 

 pro rata product of the same piece of land last year. Mr. 

 Ward estimated his carrots at only $10 dollars a ton, whereas 

 Mr. Dodge sold his on the ground at $12 per ton. 



Statement of Thomas W. Ward. 



Herewith you have a statement of the carrot crop, entered 

 by me for the society's premium. You will see by the certifi- 

 cates that I am minus both in quantity of land and crop. I 

 thought, however, that I would make " due return," and abide 

 the default. 



The crop was much more even where the perfectly rotted 

 manure was put. than it was where the compost from under the 



