26 ESSEX SOCIETY. 



Lyman Mason's Statement. 



Upon forty-two rods of loamy soil, manured at the rate of 

 six cords to the acre, one half leached ashes, and one half barn 

 manure, I have gathered two hundred and sixty bushels of car- 

 rots, weighing six tons and a half, averaging twenty-five tons, 

 and one hundred and seventy-five pounds to an acre. 



Upon one acre and seven-eighths of loamy soil, manured at 

 the same rate as above, I have gathered twelve hundred and 

 eighteen bushels of onions, of full growth and prime quality. 

 All sold in Boston market, at one dollar and six cents to fill a 

 barrel ; making a total of five hundred and forty-three dollars, 

 and sixty-two cents, averaging six hundred and fifty bushels, 

 and two hundred and ninety dollars to the acre. 



Upon two acres and one half of loamy soil, manured the 

 same as above, I have gathered eighteen thousand one hun- 

 dred and fifty heads of cabbages, which have brought sev- 

 enty-five cents per dozen, amounting to eleven hundred thirty- 

 four dollars and thirty-seven and a half cents, averaging seven 

 thousand two hundred and sixty heads, and four hundred fifty- 

 Jhree dollars and seventy-one cents to the acre. 



Beverly Farms, Nov. 15. 1851. 



Josiah TitcomVs Statement. 



I employed a surveyor to measure off one acre of my ground, 

 and then measured the onions on that acre, and they made 

 seven hundred and three bushels. 



My land is a strong loam ; a part of the land has been sowed 

 with onions four years, and a part of it only two years. I 

 plough very shallow in the spring, and put on the ground about 

 four cords of manure to the acre. I sow a part of Danvers 

 seed, and a part of the Old Town seed ; get the largest crop 

 from the Old Town seed, the earliest from the Danvers seed. 



Byfield, Nov. Uih, 1851. 



Orlando Sonthwick^s Statement. 

 I make application for premium on a crop of onions, from 

 land measuring one hundred and four rods, yielding three hun- 



