172 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



very best manure, and raised 102 bushels ears of corn ; in 1850 

 planted again with corn, but did not manure much — the crop 

 not as large as the previous year. The two last years you 

 have a statement of; I have not put anything down for interest 

 upon land in the following statement of expense, as the fruit 

 that I raised upon the trees will richly pay the same. In cul- 

 tivating the crop I did not thin them out. 



EXPENSES — 1852. 



16 loads manure, at $1 25 per load, . . . ^20 00 



Carting and spreading same, . . . . 2 50 



Ploughing in the manure, ... 1 25 

 Levelling and beating the lumps and raking the same, 



also for sowing with a machine, . . . 5 00 



Cash paid for seed, . . . . . 1 25 



Weeding three times, 15 days, . . . 15 00 



Harvesting crop, 16 days, 87| cts. per day, . . 14 00 



$59 00 

 Yours, &c., 



JoNA. Warren. 

 Grafton, Dec. 3, 1852. 



Samuel Perri/s Statement. 



Gentlemen, — In relation to the acre of land on which I raised 

 carrots the present year, and of which I entered two half acres 

 for the society's premiums, I submit the following statement : 



In the year 1850 we planted the above with corn — put on 

 about 22 loads of green manure. Had not a large crop, say 

 45 bushels per acre. 



In 1851 I ploughed the ground twice, and sowed about tsvo- 

 thirds of an acre with carrots, without any manure, about the 

 1st of June, the ground being in a fair condiHon, and cultivated 

 in the usual way, by taking out the weeds as they sprang up. 

 Raised 470 bushels, or at the rate of 705 bushels per acre. 



The condition of land in the spring of 1852, w^ill appear as 

 above, (two-thirds of an acre) ; on the other third I raised oats 

 and beets. The present year I could see no marked difference 

 between where the three different products were raised. 



On the acre of land I sowed the present year, I put 22 loads 



