ROOT CROPS. 223 



Statement of Aaron O. Buddington. 



Carrots. — The amount of land sown for this crop was nine 

 rods, on which carrots had been raised four years. The general 

 state of tin 1 land was good. In 1853 it was manured with fif- 

 teen loads of stable manure, and produced three hundred and 

 sixty bushels of carrots. In the spring of 1854 I manured with 

 fifteen loads of stable manure, forty bushels to the load ; spread 

 the manure, ploughed as deep as I could, rolled the land, and 

 sowed with one and a half pounds of orange carrot seed. It 

 was sown on the 25th of May, and harvested with the spade. 

 Four hundred and fifty-six bushels were raised, averaging fifty 

 pounds to the bushel. The expense of the seed, manure, labor, 

 and cultivation was forty-five dollars. The value of the product 

 of 1854 was one hundred and fourteen dollars. 



Lkydex, 1854. 



Statement of O. iy* F. H. Williams. 



Turnips. — The piece of ground on which we raised our tur- 

 nips this year contained fifty-two rods. The soil is of a light 

 loam, having been down to grass three years. After taking off 

 a crop of grass, we turned the sward over without manure eight 

 inches deep. In this way we obtain two crops a year. The 

 land was not in a high state of cultivation. 



Value of crop : — 

 61 bushels, at 25 cents per bushel, . . . 15 25 



Net profit, $10 G2 



