210 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



1 cord compost manure, . . . . $4 00 



Seed and planting, . . . . . 1 25 



Hoeing, ...... 75 



Harvesting and threshing, . . . 1 50 



$9 00 



Statement of George R. Leonard, of Norton. 



The land was high and sandy, having a level surface. Last 

 year the land was planted to potatoes, and the condition of the 

 land had been much improved by previous cultivation. The 

 iisanure used the present year v,^as 1 barrel of poudrette. 

 Ploughed, furrowed, planted June 10th, with small white bush 

 bean. Furrowed about 18 inches apart. Four beans were 

 dropped in a place, in the furrows, about 8 inches apart, and 

 about a table-spoonful of poudrette applied to each hill. Hoed 

 the first time, June SOtli, second time, July 14th. They were 

 pulled and laid on rails to dry the last of September, threshed 

 the last of October, and weighed on the 27th of November. 

 Weight 458 lbs. or 7|| bushels of 60 lbs. each. 



Value at $2 per bushel, ... $15 00 

 Fodder, 2 00 



$17 00 



ROOT CROPS. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 ESSAY ON THE MANGOLD WURZEL. 



BY JOHN TYNAN, OF IRELAND. 



Mangold Wurzel, or, as it is often called, " Mangel Wurzel," 

 whicli signifies " root of scarcity," has been, like all our cul- 

 tivated green crops, obtained by culture from the original wild 

 species. 



Botanically considered, the Mangold Wurzel, (^Beta Vulg-aris 

 Campestris~), or, as it is sometimes called, "field beet," is a 

 species belonging to the genus Beta, which is contained in the 



