STATEMENT OF J. D. W. FEENCH. 



STATEMENT CONCERNING A CROP OF MANGOLD WURTZEL9. 



October 29th, 1872. 



The land occupied by this crop was measured by the Com- 

 mittee and found to contain 22,720 square feet, something over 

 one-half acre. The Committee then measured off one-twentieth 

 of the whole piece, which was considered an average lot, to be 

 weighed at harvesting. This I have done, and the weight was 

 1800 pounds, which would give as the yield of the whole piece 

 36,000 pounds, or 18 tons of Mangolds. 



The crop of 1870 was grass of very poor quality and small in 

 quantity. The land had been in grass many years and most 

 of it was low and wet. In the Summer and Fall of that year, 

 I drained the whole piece, of which this is a portion, Mith tile 

 drains. 



The crop of 1871 was corn, and from two and a half to three 

 cords of stable manure were used. The soil varies from a peaty 

 to a gravelly loam. The manure was carted on and ploughed 

 in during the Autumn of 1871, and the land was cross-ploughed 

 in the Spring. The depth of tlie ploughing was from seven to 

 eight inches. The seed was sown May 17th, by machine, in 

 drills about thirty inches apart. The plants were thinned out 

 to twelve or fifteen inches apart in the rows. In reckoning the 

 labor, although more than one man and also horses were em- 

 ployed, I have calculated the time on the basis of one man's 

 work for a day. 



Br. 



4 cords of manure, - - - |40 00 

 \ bushel agricultural salt, 

 1\ days' ploughing, 

 2| days' ridging and sowing, - 

 6 days' hoeing and tliinning, 



5 days' harvesting, - - - . 

 4 pounds seed, - - . . 

 Interest and Taxes, - - - . 



$77 22 



