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from James Manning, of Hamilton, a statement of Lis crop of 

 carrots, for which they award a gratuity of six dollars. 



The committee have much more to say on the culture and 

 measurement of root crops, but forbear to say it, lest by many 

 words they should give offence where none is intended. 



J. "W. Proctor, Chairman. 



Statement of Epltraim Brown. 



I herewith submit a statement of the following crops, which 

 I enter for premium, viz. : One acre of squashes ; one acre of 

 drum-head cabbages ; one-half acre of ruta-baga turnips ; one- 

 half acre of carrots ; and about one acre of black Chenango 

 potatoes. Specimens of the first four of the above-named 

 crops were exhibited at the fair at Lawrence. 



1st. The land on which the squashes were planted was 

 broken up last fall, manured in the spring with a liberal dress- 

 ing of rotten kelp, spread on and ploughed in by cross-plough- 

 ing the land. The squashes were planted the 25th of May, 

 eight feet apart each way, with two small shovelfuls of old 

 barn manure in the hill. The bugs were not so numerous on 

 my squashes this year as usual, although I was somewhat trou- 

 bled with them. The method I adopt to keep them off is the 

 use of air-slaked lime and ground plaster, sifted on the plants 

 till they are large enough to be out of the way of insects. I 

 place five seeds in the hill, and leave three plants at the last 

 hoeing. I commenced gathering for market the middle of Au- 

 gust, and finished the last of September. Yield, thirteen and 

 one-half tons of good marketable squashes. 



2d. The ground on which the cabbages were raised has been 

 planted with onions the last six years, and has been well ma- 

 nured with rotten kelp and compost manure each year. This 

 year I gave it a good dressing of rotten kelp ; ploughed it in 

 and manured in the hill with a small shovelful of old barn ma- 

 nure ; planted the seed in the hill on the 25th of April, and 

 commenced cutting for market the 9th of August. Marketed 

 four thousand four hundred heads. 



3d. The land on which the turnips were raised was broken 



