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barn was spread. The roots, where the latter manure was put, 

 were some of them very large and long — others were small; 

 some were very sprangling and uncomely in shape. I think 

 there was more weight of roots from the same quantity of 

 ground where the fine manure was used, than where the cellar 

 manure was put. 



In calculating the value of the crop, I reckoned forty-six 

 pounds to the bushel, which I ascertained by measuring one 

 load which was weighed, and then cast them at thirty cents per 

 bushel, which is what they are sold at in this place, which, if I 

 am right, will bring them at about 6^ mills«.per pound. 



My loads of roots were nearly of the same size, but they 

 varied exceedingly in weight, according to the size of the roots. 

 The load which I measured was of medium sized root. 



The land in 1852, was in grass, and the product of hay was 

 at the rate of one ton to the acre. In 1845, the land was well 

 manured and cropped with corn; in 1846, it was cropped with 

 oats and seeded with clover and herds-grass seed, since which 

 time it has been mowed, receiving no manure till last spring, 

 at which time, nine cart-loads (of twenty-five bushels) were 

 applied to it — one-half the droppings of the cattle, and one- 

 half loam or muck, composted in the barn cellar, and nine cart- 

 loads of compost manure from the yard of summer manure, 

 made of muck, loam, refuse hay, and the droppings of cows 

 while yarded in summer. The sward was turned on the 31st 

 day of May, with No. 33 sod and subsoil plough of Ruggles, 

 Nourse, Mason & Co.'s manufacture, which worked most admi- 

 rably. The manure was then spread and harrowed in, and then 

 the ground was thoroughly brushed with a bush harrow — 

 nothing more was done. I used one pound and a half 

 of orange carrot seed. It was sown June 3d, with a seed- 

 sower which was old and not suitable, as I found before I had 

 finished sowing. Hoed and began to weed, first time, about 

 June 28th ; July 11th, gave them the second weeding ; August 2d, 

 weeded a third time, and August 11th, went through them with 

 a hoe. Gathered them from October 29th to November 4th, 

 inclusive. I ploughed near to the row and then drew the 

 root with the hand. 



