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an acre, at an expense of $59.50. The cost of cultivating 

 the half acre entered by Mr. Warren, as stated by him, was 

 $48. The committee state these facts here, hoping that the 

 difiercnce in the expense of cultivation, as shown by the above 

 statements, will induce those interested in the raising of root 

 crops, to investigate the cause of so great apparent discrep- 

 ancy. 



Statement of Harvey Dodge. 



I herewith hand you a more condensed statement of the ex- 

 pense and product of the two lots of carrots grown on my^ 

 farm in Sutton, the present season. As the cultivation was the 

 same on both lots, both being manured alike as near as possible^ 

 I propose condensing the cost of cultivating the two lots into 

 one form, believing that I shall be understood if I show the 

 products of the two separately, as the lots were surveyed and 

 the products of each kept by itself as will be seen below. 



Expense of crop on one-fourth and one-half acre : — 



Two hundred bushels of leached ashes, at Q>\ 

 cents, 



Three ploughings, man and a pair of horses, . 



Bush harrowing, same team, .... 



One and a half pound of seed at 75 cents, 



Sowing same with machine, .... 



Boy's labor 23 days, weeding and cultivating, 

 at 50 cents per day, ..... 



Three men, three days, digging carrots. 



Three boys, three days, cutting tops and tend- 

 ing teams, ....... 



$45 87 



Value of crop : — 



9,250 pounds on the one-fourth acre, sold for 



$12 per ton, $55 50 



17.450 pounds on the one-half acre, sold on 



the lot for the same, 104 70 



IGO 20 



Net profit, $114 33 



