226 HAMPDEN SOCIETY. 



Cultivating, harvesting, - - - f 9 00 



Cartage and husking, - - - 10 00 



Interest on land, (deducting one per cent, on 



account of orchard,) - - - 30 00 



$122 25 



Net gain, - - - - |99 75 



From these statements if we deduct the actual cost of cul- 

 tivation as furnished, and establish the value of the grain at 

 75 cents per bushel, and the stover at nine dollars per acre, we 

 have the following results : 



Mr. Cooley's total val. was $70 50 prac; actual profits $29 75 

 " Hooker's " " " 65 25 " " " 22 50 



" Smith's " " " 61 50 " " " 20 80 



These results furnish a most interesting subject for a few 

 more figures, but we hope every individual will find sufficient 

 interest in the subject to make his own. We award to 

 Walter Cooley, of West Springfield, 1st premium, of $5 00 

 Josiah Hooker, of Springfield, 2d " «' 3 00 



Carrot Crop. 



Samuel Warner''s Statement. 



My crop of carrots was raised on a quarter of an acre of 

 land, on which potatoes were raised the previous year. My 

 land was prepared by spreading four cart loads of stable or yard 

 manure, and ploughing twice ; my seed did not come up well, 

 of course there were some vacant places, but contrary to my 

 expectation, I harvested this fall two hundred and thirty-seven 

 bushels of carrots, some of them measuring two and a half feet 

 jn length and weighing four pounds. 



Value of crop, at thirty-three cents per bushel, $78 21 



Expenses for 

 Use of land, - - - - $3 00 



Ploughing and harrowing, - - 1 00 



