100 



on after plowing (harrowed in with a common tooth harrow) y. 

 at the rate of nine cords per acre : sowed about the I3th of 

 April, in drills '13 1-2 inches apart, nsing four pounds of the- 

 Danvcrs yellow seed per acre. The ground was hoed seven 

 times with a wheel hoe, and weeded four times. The cropAvas 

 pulled the 12th day of September, and topped on the ground. 

 The manure used consisted of a compost of horse, cow and hog- 

 manure. 



Cost of manure on half acre, $45 00 



Cost of preparing the ground, fi 00 



Cost of seed and sowing, !l 00 



Cost of cultivation, 20 00 



Cost of harvesting and topping, 20 00 



The crop on the half acre, when measured and averaged by 



the committee, was 545 bushels. The weight, Avhen sold, was 



25,220 pounds : making 485 bushels, or at the rate of 070 



bushels per acre. 



STATEMENT OF A. P. NOYES. 



Please find statement in regard to a crop of Onions raised 

 by myself: 



The one-half acre of Onions 1 entered was measured by the 

 two members of the committees on root crops Avho visited m}- 

 farm. They also measured and weighed tAvo roAvs that Avould 

 be a fair average, and estimated that they measured at the rate 

 of 445 1-2 bushels to the half acre. The crop of 1870 Avas 

 onions, manured Avith six cords of barnyard manure per acre, 

 spread and ploughed in the fall of 1809, nine inches deep. In 

 the spring of 1870 I spread on about sixty bushels leached 

 ashes, harroAved through Avith a tooth and brush harroAV. Last 

 fall I spread on about six cords of stable manure, and ploughed 

 it in about eight inches deep. This spring I harroAved in about 

 three cords of salt sand to the acre. (By the Avay, I bought 

 this salt sand for muscle l)cd, and I really think that my land 



