il*2 ON ROOT cnoi^s. 



to hall' an acre, to entitle it to a j)rcmjimi, the Oommitt^e 

 could do nothiilg more for the carrots than notice tlieir extra- 

 ordinary yield. 



2d. Orlando Southwick, of Danvers, for his crop of onions 

 on one liilndred and four rods of ground, yielding three iiun- 

 drcd and ninety buslicls, or at the rate of six hundred bushels 

 to the acre. 



3d. Josiah Titdornb, of Byfield, for his crop of onions, on 

 one acre of ground, yielding .seven hundred aild three bushels* 



4th. Richard P. Waters, of Beverly, for his crop of car- 

 rots on three quarters of an acre* of ground, yielding at the 

 rate of nineteen tons to the acre. 



Statements of the above named crops are herewith submit-^ 

 ted, giving a more detailed account of the mode of cultiva- 

 tion, kind of soil, quantity of manure used, and other particu- 

 lars, to which atteijticn is invited. 



The Committee have awarded the' premiums as follows :- — 



To Lyman Mason,- of Beverly, for his crop of cabbages $6 00 



** Josiah Titcomb, of Byfield, for his crop of onions 6 00 



*' Richard P. Waters, of Beverly, for hie crop of carrots G 00 



5th. An entry Avas made by John Bradstreet, of Danvers, 

 for his crop of potatoes. '^Phe Committee regret that there 

 Was no ])remiam otTered by the Societyj the present year, for 

 potatoes, as this crop is certainly worthy of one. It seemed 

 to the Committee that Mr. B.'s success in raising the p.>tato 

 is owing in a great measure to his thorough mode of cultiva- 

 tion, and in the selection of seed. He plants in the old fash- 

 ioned way, putting a shovel full of barn-yard manure in the 

 hill— ^thinics some farmers mistake in making the hills too 

 near together, and putting too much seed in a hill. He plants 

 mostly his seedlings, called the Danvers Reds, thinks they 

 do better than any other kind, has tried others the present sea- 

 soji. We saw a part of his crop while they were being dug ; 

 they were a fine specimen, of large sound potatoes, averaging 

 a bushel to sixteen hills. 



Knowing Mr. Bradstreet to be a man of mucli experience 

 and observation in farming, we requested him to give us at- 

 blatement of his crojt, and as particular an account of his mode 



