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after the third hoeing, and left to be raked in by the rain. 

 The 20th of August I passed through the field with a hoe, 

 cutting out the turnips and leaving them in rows eigh- 

 teen inches apart, and from two to six inches apart in the 

 rows. They were harvested the 12th of November, and 

 yielded 9,400 pounds, or 37,600 pounds per acre. The cost 

 of raising was as follows : 



Plowing, - - - - $0 43 



Manure, - - - - 3 75 



Sowing and hoeing, - - - 1 00 



Harvesting, - - - - 2 00 



Total, - - - $7 18 



I make no estimate of the value of the crop, choosing 

 that you should make some standard value for all com- 

 petitors. 



F. H. WILLIAMS' STATEMENT. 



The piece of ground on which I raised my English 

 turnips the past season, and which I have offered for pre- 

 mium, contains 134 rods, from which we have harvested 

 600 bushels or 15 tons. The piece has produced a crop 

 of hay for the past three years without manure. A fair 

 crop of grass was taken from the ground the present sea- 

 son, 1860, when the sod was turned over about the middle 

 of July, and sowed in drills, two feet apart, with English 

 cow-horn turnips. We always raise turnips as a second 

 crop, and manure in drills, hoe, and thin to four inches 

 apart. Soil, sandy loam. 



EXPENSES. 



Manure, eighteen ox-cart loads, - $18 00 



Cultivation and harvesting, - - 12 50 



Expenses, ... $30 50 



Fifteen tons at $8 per ton, - $120 00 



Profit, $89 50 



