No. 200.] 87 



It was prepared by once plowing and harrowing, and there was 

 put upon it 9 cart-loads of stable manure, the land measuring nearly 

 three-fourths of an acre upon which the ruta baga and blood beels were 

 planted. The soil where ihe tomatoes grew had no manure. 



Planted the beets the second week in May ; the seed was soaked 

 24 hours in warm water. The tomatoes were sown in hot-beds in 

 March, and transplanted near the last of May. The beets I planted 

 in rows about 2^ feet apart, 1^ lb. of seed to the acre. The yield was 

 120 bushels of ruta baga and beels. 



The loirialoes were set out in hills about 4 feet a part. After the 

 plants had attained a sufficient size, I plowed three times between 

 the rows, pulled out all the weeds, and the plants thinned to about 5 

 inches apart. 



Respectfully, your ob't serv't. 



GARRET MEAD. 



CULTURE OF HOPS. 



MoRRisviLLE, Sept. 20th, 1845 



To THE President of the American Institute : 



Dear sir — I send you herewith a statement of the process of culti- 

 vating 2 acres of hops, of which the sample sent to the Fair for a pre- 

 mium was a part. 



The ground was well plowed and manured with 40 loads of barn- 

 yard manure per acre, and planted with corn and hops. Last year 

 the expense of cultivating the 2 acres for the present year is as fol- 

 lows : 



41 loads of manure put in hills, $30 00 



Rise of polls, „ 43 00 



Labor of cultivating 2 acres, 40 00 



Use of land, 14 00 



Harvesting and bagging, 87 50 



$216 50 

 Produce of the 2 acres, 2500 lbs. at Is., 312 50 



Net profits, $96 00 



