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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Value of crop : — 

 130 bushels of carrots, at 25 cents per bushel, $32 50 



Profit, $17 75 



Sunderland, 1854. 



(Statement of O. $f F. H. Williams. 



Carrots. — The ground on which we raised the crop offered 

 for premium measured one-half of an acre. It was of a light 

 loam, turf land, had been down to grass three years, and was 

 in good condition. Ploughed eight inches deep with Michigan 

 double plough. The manure which we applied was composted 

 with dirt, about one load of the latter to two of the former, 

 making in all twelve cartloads. 



Expenses : — 



Ploughing, ....... 



Harrowing, ...... 



Manure, eight loads, . 



Carting and spreading, .... 



Planting with planter, one^and a half feet apart, 



Half pound seed, . 



Hoeing first time, three days, 



" second " four days, 



" third " two days, 

 Ploughing between rows, 

 Harvesting, . 

 Interest on land, . 



Value of crop : — 

 33G bushels, at 25 cents per bushel, 



Profit, .... 



wn, 1854. 



$1 00 



$29 90 



84 00 



$54 00 



