344 NORFOLK SOCIETY. 



Upon one acre, composed of black, sandy loam, I spread six 

 loads of green manure, twenty-five to thirty bushels to the 

 load, harrowed well, furrowed with plough one way, three feet 

 apart, applied one shovelful of manure in the hill, 2| feet apart 

 in the row ; this manure was a compost of mud, loam, night 

 soil, and green manure, thoroughly composted. The corn was 

 planted on the 16th and 17th of May, putting four or five 

 kernels in the hill ; hoed twice. Harvested 1st of November. 

 One rod was selected, which was considered a fair sample of 

 the acre. This rod yielded twenty quarts of shelled corn. 

 To the additional acre, a lighter sandy loam, I applied four 

 loads of green manure. In other respects, the two lots had 

 precisely similar treatment, and the yield was obtained in a 

 like manner, one rod yielding sixteen quarts, one pint. 



Value of land, per acre, $60. Taxes, 45 cents on $100. 



Needham, 1851. 



Root Crops. 



There was awarded to Elijah Perry, Jr., of Dover, for the 

 best field of carrots, the premium of $6. 



Elijah Perry, Jr.^s Statement. 



The ground on which I raised my carrots, which I offer for 

 premium, measures one-half acre, one and six-tenths rods. It 

 was in carrots last year. After gathering the carrots, I spread 

 six horse-cart loads of compost manure, ploughed it in, and let 

 it lie till spring, when I spread seven horse-cart loads more of 

 compost manure, and ploughed it in. I ploughed the ground 

 twice, and harrowed it once in the spring. On the 18th day 

 of May, I ploughed it into ridges, about twenty-eight inches 

 apart, and sowed by hand, one row to the ridge. This work 

 was done by two men and a horse, in a little more than half 

 of a day. The first weeding was done with a garden hoe, as 

 soon as the carrots could be distinguished from the weeds. 

 The second time, I run a cultivator between the rows and 

 thinned the carrots, and the third time, I did not intend to 



