STATE-FARM CROPS. 271 



Amount brought forward, .... $8,257 87 



7,323 70 



Whole products of farm, .... $15,581 57 



Both crops of hay averaged a little over two tons to the 

 acre. ** 



I entered a field of carrots containing one acre and a half 

 for premium from the East Hampden Agricultural Society. 

 All who viewed the field said they were the most even and 

 handsome they had ever seen. In 1871,- this land was 

 planted with potatoes, and each hill had a shovelful of barn- 

 yard manure. In 1872, it was in beets and a part in cabbage 

 and had the same culture as it had this year. In 1873, the 

 land was ploughed twice and harrowed three times. Seven 

 cords of barn-yard manure to the acre were ploughed in and 

 four hundred pounds of ground bone to the acre were sown 

 broadcast before the land was harrowed. The seed was sown 

 IVIay 22, and the roots harvested November 6. Amount of 

 roots, 1,166 bushels — more than 775 bushels to the acre and 

 risins 21 tons to the acre. 



