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they are full)' persuaded that it is not advisable to thin out the 

 carrots as many do, in the early part of the season. Very 

 large carrots are not desirable for the reason that they are 

 generally either hollow in the centre, or else consist of a hard 

 woody substance, which renders them much less nutritious than 

 those of a medium size, yielding, also, a less weight on a given 

 portion of ground. 



"Warren Lazell, Chairman. 



WORCESTER WEST. 



Statement of George H. Lee. 



Potato. — I hereby certify that from one acre of ground, the 

 present season, I have harvested three hundred and forty-five 

 bushels of potatoes. The sward was turned early in the spring, 

 as soon as the frost would admit, and immediately planted on 

 the top of the furrow, in drills. They were hoed twice. Pre- 

 vious to the first time they were plastered. The variety is 

 called the Holland potato. 



Baere, November 5, 1853. 



Statement of John T. Ellsworth. 



Carrots. — I had sixty-four rods of ground, on which I raised 

 three hundred and seventy-four bushels, or eighteen thousand 

 seven hundred and nine pounds. On forty rods I had two 

 hundred and thirty-eight bushels, or eleven thousand nine 

 hundred and forty pounds. A corner of the lot was damaged 

 very much by the grasshopper and woodcock. As the rest 

 yielded, there would have been in the whole lot twenty bushels 

 more. I drew fifteen loads of stable manure on the lot, in two 

 piles. It laid three weeks, when I turned the manure over and 

 ploughed the land as deep as I could. The 16th May I sowed 

 them, using the eagle plough to open the drills, and having the 

 oxen go twice in a place as nearly as possible, leaving the land 

 in drills. I then spread the manure in the furrows quite plenty, 

 and with the same team split the drills so as to raise a drill 

 directly on the manure. I then used a hand rake to brush the 

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