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while they are being harvested. About twelve bushels to a 

 horse, would be sufficient." — Germantown Telegraph. 



The chairman can state from his own experience of several 

 years, that the use of carrots for cattle or swine is not less ben- 

 eficial than for horses. 



From Mr. Dodge a statement has been received, by which it 

 appears that on one of his carrot fields, the crop was at the rate 

 of 568 bushels per acre, on the other at the rate of 503^ 

 bushels per acre : his ruta bagas yielded at the rate of 516 

 bushels per acre. The committee believe those results are be- 

 low the average crops of former years. They doubt the pro- 

 priety or expediency of awarding premiums for any crops for 

 which the yield is below a common average : and they have 

 omitted doing so in these cases. A communication from Mr. 

 Lincoln has been received, stating the failure of his crops, and 

 that he had omitted to measure the small return which he had 

 received from his land. 



No entry in relation to potatoes has been made. The rot has 

 not been so injurious, as it was the last year, but has prevailed 

 for so many years, that less of that root is now raised than in 

 former years. During the last spring, the chairman received 

 the following letter: — 



Mr. Lincoln, 



Sir, — Yours of the 10th is received. I am not a farmer, 

 but a mechanic, and till a garden, the potatoes in which, have 

 at times rotted. Last year it was mentioned at table one day, 

 that the rot had commenced, the tops were dying. My wife, 

 whose father isa farmer, and who is rather philosophical, said 

 " apply slacked lime ;" the idea did not strike me favorably, 

 and a gentleman of considerable information present, coincided 

 in my views. Mrs. Wing, however, nothing discouraged, ordered 

 the little boys to put some on every hill; considering the dis- 

 ease to be atmospheric, and the leaves or tops the organs, she 

 thought to absorb and thereby check the disease before it 

 reached the root. The result, I think, must have been beyond 

 her most sanguine expectations. New sprouts came out on the 

 decayed tops, and they assumed a vigorous appearance, and re- 

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