ROOT CROPS. 



179 



EXPENSES. 



14 cart loads manure, . 

 Ploughing and fitting, 

 75 pounds guano, 

 Hoeing and weeding, , 

 Digging, . 

 Seed and sowing, 



Net profit. 



141 25 

 fiGl 55 



The small size accounts for their not weighing up to the 

 standard. A bushel of large ones weighed fifty-two pounds. 



Springfield, November 12, 1860. 



Statement of S. D. Smith. 



Sugar Beets. — This crop was raised on one-eighth of an acre 

 which is of a loamy nature, and under a medium state of culti- 

 vation. Tlie previous year's crops were potatoes followed by 

 turnips. The ground was prepared by having one coating of 

 manure spread on and ploughed under to the depth of seven 

 inches. I sowed about the 6th of May, in drills one foot apart. 

 These were thinned from four to six inches apart in the drill. 

 Harvested about the middle of October, and measured seventy- 

 three bushels, which weighed sixty pounds per bushel. 



West Springfield, jSTovember 1, 1860. 



