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ROOT CROPS. 



The Chairman of the Committee on Root Crops, Augustus^ 

 CoUamore of Pembroke, died during the past jea.Y. His large 

 and long experience in the cultivation of the land had given 

 him such an intimate knowledge of all kinds of farm produce, 

 as to have made him efficient on any committee of the Society. 



While we tender our sympathy to his family for their loss, 

 we miss his services on this committee. 



Francis P. Arnold of Pembroke entered a field of turnips of 

 about two acres, which were very excellent in quality, and 

 yielded well. It is not often one sees such a field, being very 

 uniform in its growth of smooth, nice turnips, all just about the 

 right size for market and for eating. There was not upon the 

 field a hat full of weeds; at least, the eyes of the committee 

 did not see that amount. It gave evidence of thorough culture, 

 with rows almost perfectly straight. 



It is a little remarkable that shoe manufacturers and people 

 of other occupations, not farmers, often raise such crops that 

 they put to shame some whose life's business has been the 

 cultivation of the soil. Such a fact should serve as an incen- 

 tive to farmers to raise their standard higher, and cultivate 

 more thoroughly, applying what knowledge they have and 

 giving more thought to their business. 



