452 [Senate 



CABBAGES. 



The farm of Lambert WyckofF, Esq., of Bushwick, opposite the 

 city of New-York, was the place where the cabbages were raised. 



Twenty acres, or about that number, were employed in this crop. 

 The largest cabbages were grown upon a green sward, about five 

 acres. The ground was plowed in the fall of 1843, and |cross 

 plowed in the spring of 1844 ; harrowed until it was well pulver- 

 ized. 



The cabbage were raised under glass, and planted out about the 

 middle of April. 



Expense of Culture per Acre. 



50 Cart loads of New- York Street manure, at 50c $25 .00 



2 days plowing, with a pair of horses and one'^man.. 6.00 



3 days plowing and harrowing, 9 . 00 



3 times plowing the plants, 3 .00 



3 times hoeing, 6 .00 



$49.00 

 The plants were set at about three feet by fifteen inches apart, 

 generally. We sold about four thousand heads from an acre — at 



about two dollars and fifty cents per hundred $100 .00 



Deduct expenses, 49 . 00 



Profit per acre, $51 .00 



(Signed) PETER HULST. 



J^ew-York^ Jan. 1st, 1845. 



CLOVER SEED. 



The Clover Seed exhibited by me was the small red kind. It was 

 sowed with oats, without any preparation, about the 25th of April, 

 1843. The previous crop was corn, manured with twenty-five loads 

 of barn-yard manure to the acre. The first crop of clover was ta- 

 ken off about the 1st of July. The second, from which the seed was 

 taken, was cut the 3d of September, and was housed in about a week. 

 The yield w^as nine and a half bushels from four acres. The dry 

 season was injurious to the crop. The soil was a sandy loam — a 

 small part of it was sown with plaster the last of May, at four bush- 

 els per acre — and a week after, perceiving there was a great differ- 

 ence between that sowed and the other, I sowed four to five bushels 

 more on the other part, but not with so favorable a result. The land 

 was worth sixty dollars per acre, and the seed probably $7.00 per 

 bushel, and cost me $1.00 per bushel to get it cleaned, besides, taking 

 it 15 miles. The yield of timothy was nine bushels from three 

 acres, and a part was sold for $3.50 per bushel. 



(Signed) WILLIAM H. BURR. 



Westportj Conn. J Jan. idthj 1845. 



