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WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



not mentioned ; as also forty-nine apple trees of the third year's 

 growth from setting. 



Worcester, Nov. 29, 1852. 



Harvey Dodge's Statement. 



Gentlemen, — I herewith hand you a statement of the ex- 

 penses and product of a lot of carrots grown on 101^'^ rods of 

 ground, on my farm in Sutton, the present season : — 



VALUE OF CROP. 



28,255 lbs. of carrots, at ^ cent per lb., 

 4,000 lbs. of tops, fed to cattle, estimated at 



$141 27 

 3 00 



$144 27 



1852 

 May 



EXPENSES. 



1. 20 loads stable manure, 

 150 bushels leached ashes. 

 Carting, spreading, and ploughing in, 

 May 15-20. To ploughing twice, 

 28. Bushing ground, &c,, 

 28. 1^ lbs. seed, and sowing. 

 Rolling, 

 August 15. Hoeing, weeding, and thinning caiTots 



to date, 

 Nov. 10—20. Harvesting crop and loading teams. 

 Interest on land at $2 per acre. 



Total, .... 



Net proceeds, . 



$67 10 

 %11 17. 



This 101 rods carrots is a part of a lot containing 3 acres 1 

 quarter and 13 rods, on which I have grown cOrn one year and 

 carrots the next for the last seven years ; when to carrots, it has 

 usually received a dressing of 40 ox cart loads of stable ma- 

 nure, or its equivalent, to the acre, and when to corn, none. 

 Having been to corn in 1851, the condition last spring was 

 medium. The soil is a light yellow loam, resting on a clayed 

 subsoil, and worked to the depth of 12 inches. Twelve tons 

 carrots were sold on the lot at $10 per ton, and 4,254 pounds 



