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1st. The general state of the land in the year 1851. Ans. 

 Was planted with corn for two years previous. 



2d. The manner of cultivation in 1851 ? Ans. Was planted 

 with carrots and managed as in 1852. 



3d. The quantity and quality of manure used in 1851 ? 

 Ans. Twenty loads horse manure worked upon by hogs. 



4th. The product of the land in 1851 ? Ans. A larger yield 

 of carrots than in 1852. 



5th. The condition of the land in the spring of 1852? 

 Ans. As good as in the spring of 1851. 



6th. The quantity and quality of manure used during the 

 present season ? Ans. Sixteen loads, same as in 1851. 



7th. The mode of cultivation preparatory to sowing ? Ans. 

 Ploughed once, and beat up with a spade and levelled by 

 raking. 



8th. The quantity and quality of seed used ? Ans. One 

 and a quarter pounds of best orange carrot seed. 



9th. The time and manner of sowing, weeding, cultivating, 

 and harvesting crop ? Ans. Sowed June 10th, by a machine, 

 and hoed three times, harvested Nov. 5th. 



10th. The amount of produce ascertained by actual mea- 

 surement after the whole is harvested ? Ans. Four hundred 

 and sixty bushels. 



11th. The entire expense of the seeds, manure, labor and 

 cultivation ? Ans. Fifty-nine dollars. 



12th. The value of the product? Ans. One hundred and 

 fifteen dollars for the roots, and five for the tops. 



The above piece of land had upon the same sixty-five fruit 

 trees, consisting of apple and peach. 



Grafton, Nov. 27, 1852. 



Wm. S. Lincoln, Esq., — Dear Sir : I herewith hand you an 

 addition to the statement made and sent to you in regard to 

 the land that my carrots were grown upon. I would state that 

 in the spring of 1848 it was grass ground, and had been laid 

 down twenty years and not manured. I ploughed it and took 

 out the rocks in order to prepare it for fruit trees. The soil is 

 a deep black loam, with clay or hard pan underneath. I 

 planted it with potatoes in 1848, but did not manure it ; in the 

 spring of 1S49 I planted it with corn, put on fifty loads of the 



