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manure, and spread and ploughed it in. On the 1st of June I 

 harrowed and furrowed it. The turnips were sown on the 7th 

 of June, in rows three feet apart, first having a small portion of 

 guano scattered in the rows and covered an inch deep ; as they 

 did not come up well, I resowed them on the 30th day of June. 

 From the second sowing the seed came up on most of the piece 

 very well, although in some of the rows they were not quite 

 thick enough. They were hoed twice, and the last time they 

 were thinned out, standing from eight to ten Inches apart in 

 the rows. 



The crop was taken off this week, and yielded 335 bushels of 

 very smooth and handsome turnips. The following is the cost 

 of raising the crop, which is a fraction over 8 cents a bushel: — 



To 3 cords manure at $i per cord, half expended, 



Ploughing, harrowing and furrowing, . 



To 165 lbs. guano, ...... 



Planting, ........ 



To 1| lbs. seed, ....... 



To hoeing twice, ...... 



To gathering, ....... 



$28 10 



Essex, NoTcmber 11, 1858. 



Statement of Samuel A. Merrill, 

 Cabbages. — The method adopted by me in preparing the soil, 

 and managing a piece of cabbages containing one acre, with the 

 number and weight of heads raised on the same, is as follows : — 

 I took a piece of mowing, (which cut about one and a quarter 

 tons of hay per acre,) and ploughed it in November of last fall. 

 I then spread about three cords of green manure from barn 

 cellar for top-dressing; gave it a faithful harrowing, furrowed 

 three feet apart and dressed with compost manure — about four 

 cords put in hills about three feet and a half apart. I planted 

 it about the 10th of April, thinned about the first of May, at the 

 time of the first hoeing ; cultivated and hoed three times during 

 the season ; it took about four days' work at each hoeing at $1 

 per day for season hands ; cost of cultivating, |1 ; the manure 

 used was worth about $6 per cord ; the cost of fitting the ground 



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