137 

 CARROTS. . 



STATEMENT OF S, A. MERRILL. 



I enter for premium one half acre of Carrots. The land on 

 which they were grown was an old, worn out pasture three years 

 ago. It was ploughed and planted one year ago with potatoes, 

 with green barn manure .spread broadcast and cultivated in drills 

 using 300 lbs of guano to the acre. Last year it was planted 

 with Carrots, using about six cords of waste manure to the acre. 

 This year I ploughed and planted about the middle of June, 

 using six cords of manure to the acre. I think this time the 

 best for planting carrots for two reasons. In the first place we 

 save one weeding ; secondly, I consider carrots keep much better 

 in the winter that are not too ripe, and they grow better in the 

 autumn than they do in the hot weather, I raised from this half 

 acre, twelve tons of good, marketable carrots of the long orange 

 variety, worth more for marketing in the spring than the medi- 

 um or short horn carrot, at least this has been my experience for 

 several years. The cost of this crop is as follows. 

 Plowing, - - - - - ^[.50 



Harrowing and cultivating, - - - 1.50 



Value of manure, .... 25.00 



Applying manure, - ;. - - 5 00 



Seed. . - ... .50 



Hoeing and weeding, ... 8.00 



Harvesting, - . . . ^7.00 



Land rent, - - - - - 10.00^58.50 



Value of crop, 12 tons, $120.00. Land measured by Patrick 

 Murphy. 



