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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROOT CROPS. 



The Committee on Root Crops make the following re- 

 port : — 

 To John H. George of Methuen, for his crop of 



onions, the first premium of $8 00 



To Daniel A. Carleton of No. Andover, for his crop 



of cabbages, the first premium of $8 00 



To Alvin Smith of Hamilton, for his crop of ruta 



baga turnips, the second premium of 15 00 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. B. Fellows, 

 Frank Perkins, 



For the Committee. 



STATEMENT OF DANIEL A. CARLETON. 



To the Committee on Root Crops : 



G-entlemen : — The half acre of cabbages entered by me 

 for premium were grown on land that had been in grass 

 the past eight years. Twenty loads of cow manure per 

 acre were spread on the sod last spring, and ploughed un- 

 der about six inches deep. The ground was then har- 

 rowed, and shallow furrows made three and a half feet 

 apart. A half ton per acre of Cumberland superphosphate 

 was strewn in the furrows and slightly covered. Three- 

 fourths of a pound per acre of Deep Head Brunswick 

 cabbage was sown in the furrows by machine. The seed 

 coming up in narrow, straight rows, made the work of 

 hoeing much less than it would have been had the seed 

 been scattered by hand, as the field was filled with witch 

 grass. The piece was cultivated and hoed three times. 

 There are upon the half acre forty rows, averaging 115 

 good sized, solid heads of cabbages, or 9200 cabbages per 

 acre, standing about one and one-half feet apart in the 

 rows. I call them worth three cents per head in the field 



