ROOT CROPS. 



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Manure, ten loads, . . . . . 

 Carting and spreading, . . . . 



Planting with corn-planter, in drills, . 

 Three-fourths of a pound of seed, 

 Ploughing with small cast steel plough, weigh- 

 ing twenty-five pounds, and thinning, 

 Second time with plough, . . . . 

 Harvesting, ...... 



Net profit, ...... 



Sunderland, October 26, 1853. 



$58 50 



Turnips. — The half acre of turnips which we enter for pre- 

 mium is a sandy loam. The land has been in grass for the last 

 three years. We turned the sward under the 5 th of July, after 

 taking off a crop of grass, and cutting the furrows from seven 

 to eight inches deep. 



Value of crop : — 

 250 bushels at 20 cents, 



$50 00 



Net profit, . 

 Sunderland, November 5, 1853. 



$30 41 



