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between the rows by two and a half between hills. At the 

 second hoeing it was thinned out, leaving from two to three 

 stalks in a hill, and at each hoeing the ground was kept as 

 nearly level as possible. Stalks cut about the 15th of Septem- 

 ber, and all the suokers carefully taken off. The corn was 

 harvested from the 20th to the 25th of October. 



The following is the amount of labor done the present sea- 

 son upon this crop : — Two days work of two men and one 

 yoke of oxen ; four days hauling maimre and dropping in the 

 hill, with one yoke of oxen ; ploughing and harrowing, one 

 man and one yoke of oxen one and a quarter days ; man and 

 horse four hours furrowing ; one man and a boy one and a half 

 days planting ; one man and a boy five hours cultivating ; hoe- 

 ing the first time, four days ; one man and a boy cultivating 

 the second time, four and a half hours ; hoeing the second 

 time, two days work ; cutting and binding stalks, about four 

 days work ; harvesting the same, about six days work. 



Nov. 12th, shelled two bushels of ears, and found the yield 

 to be one bushel and one peck. 



Byfield, Nov. 15, 1850. 



ON ROOT CROPS. 

 The committee have endeavored, as far as in their power, to 

 awaken attention to this subject, and to induce cultivators to 

 bring forward the results of their labors. In some instances 

 they have obtained these results, as a voluntary offering, in 

 others they have presumed to intrude, in the hope of digging 

 UP SOME ROOTS, Worthy of preservation. They had hoped to 

 have obtained accounts of the culture of each of the crops of 

 this kind commonly cultivated in this vicinity, but in regard 

 to some they have been disappointed. To begin with that, 

 which has herefofore been noticed by them more distinctly 

 than any other — the onion — they have several statements, 

 drawn with much care, and which will be appended hereto, 



