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under four inches deep. The variety used was the long orange, 

 sowed in drills sixteen inches apart, and thinned to eight inclies 

 in the drill. November 3d, I gathered one hundred and ninety- 

 seven bushels, weighing fifty pounds to the bushel, making 



9,850 pounds, which at 38 cents a bushel, or $18 per 



ton, $64 76 



Value of tops, 2 00 



Profit, 



West Springfield, November 5, 18G0. 



mQ 70 



$24 00 



$42 76 



Statement of H. E. Moseley. 



Caerots. — The seventy rods of ground on which was grown 

 the crop of carrots which I offer for the society's premium this 

 year, was treated as follows : one-half of the lot has been 

 sowed to carrots three previous years ; the other half was sown 

 the second time this year. I ploughed in fourteen loads of 

 stable manure to the depth of twelve inches, and subsoiled to 

 the depth of seventeen or eighteen inches. The seed was sown 

 the 15th of May at the rate of three pounds to the acre. They 

 were sown in drills eighteen inches apart, and left very thick 

 in the drills, and consequently were rather small. They were 

 hoed three times. 



RECEIPTS. 



320 bushels carrots, 45 pounds per bushel, 

 14,400 pounds estimated at $14 per ton, 

 for which 4,200 pounds were sold, . $100 80 



Tops were worth . . . . . 2 00 



$102 80 



