no ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



It will be remembered, that the soil of this farm is of ordi- 

 nary quality, compared with the soil on most otlier farms in town. 

 The improvements on it have been chiefly owing to the increase 

 and application of manure. 



Danvers, August 31, 1848. 



Root Crops. 



The society offered ^36, in the aggregate, for the " best con- 

 ducted experiment" in raising the following roots, viz. : — Sugar 

 beets, carrots, parsnips, ruta baga, mangel wurtzel, and onions. 

 No entries were made on any of the above roots, except onions. 



There were two entries for the premium on onions ; one by 

 Aaron C. Proctor, of Danvers, who raised 480 bushels to the 

 acre, which was not much above the ordinary yield. 



The other entry was by John Peaslee, also of Danvers. It 

 appears, by his certificate, that he raised, on one half acre, 411 

 bushels, being at the rate of 822 bushels per acre, which, the 

 committee considered, a yield entirely unparalleled in the his- 

 tory of the onion crop. 



The committee recommend, that the society's premium of six 

 dollars be awarded to John Peaslee, for his successful cultiva- 

 tion of onions. 



They regret that there was no entry of claims on the other 

 roots, for which premiums were offered, as each of them is of the 

 greatest importance to every farmer for feeding his stock. 



JOHN STONE, Jr., Chairman. 



Jolui Peaslee^s Statement. 



I offer for premium a crop of onions, raised from one half 

 acre of land, measuring four hundred and eleven bushels. Land 

 worth two hundred dollars per acre ; yellow loam, southern de- 

 scent. A crop of onions was taken from the land the year pre- 



