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average weight of the whole crop, the three hundred and sixty- 

 bushels would have weighed 18,072 pounds; being 3,072 more 

 than the minimum weight required by the rules of the society, 

 to entitle him to a premium. The committee had no other 

 means of arriving at the entire weight of his crop, than by 

 applying the rule of proportion as above. It will also be seen 

 that the total value of his crop was $93, and the cost of rais- 

 ing $48, leaving a net profit of $45 on his half acre. 



Statement of Jonathan Warren. 



The lot on which the crop of carrots which I enter for pre- 

 mium was grown, contains one-half acre. The lot was grass 

 land, and ploughed in May, 1852, and had been mowed ten 

 years. It was planted with corn in 1852, and sixty loads to 

 the acre of horse and hog manure applied to it, and produced 

 sixty-five bushels of corn to the acre. The land was in good 

 condition in the spring of 1853; eleven loads barnyard ma- 

 nure were applied to it, and the ground was ploughed twice, 

 harrowed and bushed afterwards. I used one and a half pound of 

 seed which was sown June 8th; weeded three times; com- 

 menced harvesting November 1st and finished the 5th. The 

 amount of product was three hundred and sixty bushels. 



Amount of labor performed : — 



Preparing ground, 

 Sowing, 

 "Weeding, . 

 Harvesting, 



Total, . 

 Expense of seed, manure and labor of cultivation, . $48 00 



Value of carrots, $90 00 



" tops, . 



3 00 



93 00 



$45 00 



The committee visited a number of lots of carrots besides 

 those entered for premiums, among which was that of William 



