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rowed till the ground was in good condition. Eight acres were 

 planted after a crop of early peas, and the balance alter early pota- 

 toes. There were about 6,000 planted on an acre. On acccunt of 

 the drought last summer not more than one half came to perfection. 



Expenses per Acre. 



Forty cart loads of street manure, $16 00 



Drawing manure, and labor on the ground, 3 00 



Ploughing and harrowing, 3 00 



Hoeing, 6 00 



$28 00 



3,000 heads sold at 2 cts. each, $60 00 



(Signed,) LAMBERT WYCKOFF. 



Bushwick, L. I., loth Jfov.^ 1843. 



R. L. Pell's mode of raising the different articles exhibited at the 

 Fair of the American Institute^ for which premiums were 

 awarded. 



Rye. 



On the first of September, my seed rye was placed in a vessel of 

 wat(r, mixed with fine salt to a sufficient consistency to float an egg. 

 The light seeds were taken oflf with a skimmer. After the grain had 

 remained in the brine 10 minutes, it was drained through a seive, 

 mixed with lime, charcoal dust, poudrette, and ashes, in equal quan- 

 tities, and immedia^.ely sown, at the rate of 3 bushels to the acre. 

 The ground had been thoroughly ploughed deep, and harrowed, but 

 not manured. In April, the field was seeded with clover seed, a 

 bushel per acre, plastered, and rolled twice. My intention is to 

 plough in the clover for manure after taking off the crop. If Liebig 

 is correct, it will add 17 lbs. of ammonia to the soil — the grain was 

 cut in the milk on the 11th of July, housed on the 18th, and weigh- 

 ed 60 lbs. to the bushel. 



Sugar Beets. 



The sugar beets were grown as follows: on the 13th of June, a 

 quarter of an acre of sandy loam land, on which potatoes had been 

 planted the year previous, was ploughed, harrowed, and furrowed. 

 The furrows were filled with soft stable manure and lime, which was 

 covered with the plough; drills were then made by hand, and filled 

 with a composition of ashes, salt, muck, poudrette, oyster shell lime, 

 and charcoal dust, in equal quantities, except salt, a small portion of 

 which only was used. The seeds were soaked 12 hours in chamber- 

 lye, sown on the composition, and covered with a hoe. On the 11th 

 of July, the plants were thinned to 12 inches apart, and hoed, after 

 "which they were ploughed once. On the 30th of October, they were 

 gathered and measured; the quarter of an acre yielded one hundred 

 and ninety bushels. 



