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cords to the acre. From this acre I got six thousand cabbages, 

 which I sold, between the 10th of June and the 1st of August, 

 at eight cents per head. 



Salem, November 13, 18G0. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Slatement of Alonzo P. Goodridg-e* 



Swedish Turnips. — The eighth-acre on which my ruta-bagas 

 grew is a sandy loam. The crop of 1858 was corn, with three 

 loads stable manure ; that of 1859 was corn, with three loads 

 stable manure. It was ploughed twice in May, about ten 

 inches deep ; manured with three loads spread and ploughed 

 in ; furrowed and sowed the first week in June, in drills two 

 and a half feet apart; hoed twice, and harvested November 7th. 



Statement of W. G. Wyman. 



Swedish Turnips. — The eighth-acre which produced my 

 Swedish turnips is a gravelly loam upon a loose subsoil. The 

 crop of 1858 was corn and beans, with five-eighths cord stable 

 manure and one bushel ashes ; that of 1859 was corn and 

 cabbages, with one-half cord of compost of stable manure and 

 muck, and a few pounds of bone and super-phosphate of lime. 



* The statements concerning cultivated crops are made by the Secretary 

 from the returned forms sent to the several competitors. In all cases where 

 manure is estimated in loads, the loads are understood to contain thirty 

 bushels each. Tlie quantity of produce in all cases is ascertained by actual 

 weight of the whole merchantable crop, the weight being certified to under 

 oath. — Sec. 



